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'''Mount Vernon''' is a [[neighborhood]] of [[Baltimore, Maryland]], located immediately north of the city's [[Downtown Baltimore|downtown
== Overview ==
The Baltimore City Planning Commission defines the neighborhood as being bound by [[Eager Street]] to the
[[Image:Mt Vernon UMC.png|150px|right|thumb|[[Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House|Mt Vernon Place UMC]]]]
Although mainly residential, Mount Vernon-Belvedere is home to a mix of institutions, including the [[Peabody Conservatory]] of the [[Johns Hopkins University]], [[Walters Art Museum]], [[University of Baltimore]], [[Maryland
During the 1970s, Mount Vernon
▲During the 1970s, Mount Vernon began to form into a [[gay village]] for Baltimore with the establishment of the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore (GLCCB) in 1977, now known as the [[Pride Center of Maryland]].<ref name="glccb.org">{{cite web | url = http://www.glccb.org/about-us/our-history | title = Our History | work = The GLCCB | publisher = The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore and Central Maryland | access-date = 12 April 2018}}</ref> [[LGBT]] milestones included the first [[Pride parade]] in 1975, and the creation of the GLCCB Health Clinic in 1980.<ref name="glccb.org"/>
== Architectural history ==
The centerpiece of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the cruciform arrangement of parks surrounding the Washington
Elsewhere in the neighborhood are many older apartment buildings and three and four-story [[Terraced house|
The former [[The Stafford Apartments|
The old Mount Vernon Hotel at 702 Cathedral Street, built in 1847, was the mansion home of U.S. Congressman [[William Albert|William Julian Albert]]
The
Selected parcels with the National Historic Landmark District have been designated [[Baltimore City Landmarks]], including:
*Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place (defined as the city square of the monument and the cruciform-shaped area of parks radiating north, south, east and west)<ref name=BCL-list-2012>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://chap.baltimorecity.gov/sites/default/files/Baltimore%20City%20Landmarks%20publication.pdf |title=Baltimore City's Designated Landmark List |date=July 2012 |publisher=[[City of Baltimore]] |author=Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation |access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>
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The National Historic Landmark District also includes:
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*[[Stafford Hotel]]
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*[[First Unitarian Church (Baltimore, Maryland)|First Unitarian Church]], NRHP-listed, NHL, BCL
The entire Mount Vernon neighborhood
==Demographics==
As of the [[census]] of 2000,<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=January 31, 2008|work=[[United States Census Bureau]] | title = Community Facts}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=April 2018}}{{Needs update|date=October 2023|reason=outdated census}} there were 4,520 people living in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of Mount Vernon was 55.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 33.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 7.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.1% of the population.
60.4% of the population were employed, 3.5% were unemployed, and 36.0% were not in the labor force,
5.6% of occupied housing units were owner-occupied. 10.2% of housing units were [[vacant]].<ref name="GR2" />
==Education==
In 2010, the [[Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women]] (BLSYW), a [[charter school|charter]] secondary school for girls, moved into
== See also ==
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