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== Overview ==
The Baltimore City Planning Commission defines the neighborhood as being bound by [[Eager Street]] to the
The [[Baltimore Light RailLink|Light RailLink]] line runs along [[Howard Street (Baltimore)|Howard Street]] on the western side of Mount Vernon, and the [[Baltimore Metro Subway|Metro Subway]] runs beneath Eutaw Street. [[Pennsylvania Station (Baltimore)|Penn Station]], served by [[Amtrak]] and [[MARC Train|MARC]] commuter rail, is located north of Mid-Town Belvedere.
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[[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 became Baltimore's main [[gay village]]. The Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Baltimore, now known as the [[Pride Center of Maryland]], was established in Mount Vernon in 1977.<ref name="glccb.org">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.glccb.org/about-us/our-history |url-status=dead |access-date=12 April 2018
== Architectural history ==
The centerpiece of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the cruciform arrangement of parks surrounding the Washington Monument, represents one of the nation's first examples of city planning for the express purpose of highlighting a monument. The [[Washington Monument (Baltimore)|Washington Monument]] was completed in 1829 to a design by [[Robert Mills (architect)|Robert Mills]], and in 1831 the Howard family was granted permission to lay out the surrounding parks<ref name="mht_ihp"/> which eventually were lined by stately homes. The parks, which have survived almost intact, are considered to be the finest existing urban landscapes by the Beaux-Arts architectural firm of [[Carrère and Hastings]], who also designed the [[New York Public Library Main Branch|New York Public Library]], portions of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., and the residence that houses the [[Frick Collection]].
Elsewhere in the neighborhood are many older apartment buildings and three and four-story [[Terraced house|rowhouses]]. The [[Belvedere Hotel]], opened in 1903, was converted to condominiums in 1991.<ref name="mht_ihp">{{cite web|url=https://mht.maryland.gov/secure/medusa/PDF/NR_PDFs/NR-63.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mt. Vernon Place Historic District |date=February 1972|access-date=2016-03-01 |first=Mrs. Preston | last = Parish|publisher=Maryland Historical Trust
The [[Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House|Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church]] lies northeast of the Washington Monument. Conceived as a cathedral of [[Methodism]], it was built on the site of the Charles Howard mansion, the house in which [[Francis Scott Key]] died. In 2021, the church's owners sought planning permission to subdivide the building, separating the church from the adjacent Asbury House.<ref>{{cite web |title=Judge reverses Planning Commission decision granting subdivision of Mount Vernon church |url=https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/judge-reverses-planning-commission-decision-granting-subdivision-of-mount-vernon-church/ |website=Baltimore Fishbowl |date=20 August 2021 |access-date=21 August 2021 |first=Ed |last=Gunts}}</ref> The southeast corner from the monument is occupied entirely by the Peabody Institute, and the southwest corner includes three buildings forming part of the Walters Art Museum.
The former [[The Stafford Apartments|Stafford]] Hotel on Washington Place, built in 1894, now serves as an apartment building primarily housing Peabody Institute students.<ref name="jhu.edu">{{cite news|url=http://www.jhu.edu/~gazette/2004/19jul04/19vernon.html|title=Mt. Vernon: 96 Apts, Peabody View|first=Greg | last = Rienzi|date=July 19, 2004|work=The Gazette|publisher=Johns Hopkins University}}</ref>
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]] where he entertained [[Abraham Lincoln]]. It was converted into a hotel in 1967, and was where [[Oscar Wilde]] stayed as part of his 1882 lecture tour of the United States.<ref name="balto5">{{cite web | url=http://www.oscarwildeinamerica.org/lectures-1882/january/0126-baltimore.html | title=Oscar Wilde's 1882 Lecture Tour of America | work = Oscar Wilde in America | publisher = John Cooper | date = 2013 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=June 2024}}
The Mount Vernon Place Historic District, surrounding the Washington Monument, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and further designated as a [[National Historic Landmark District]] on November 11, 1971.<ref name="nris"/><ref name="mht_ihp"/>
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