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'''Mount Vernon''' is a [[neighborhood]] of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], located immediately north of the city's [[Downtown Baltimore|downtown district]]. Designated a city Cultural District, it is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods and originally was home to the city's wealthiest and most fashionable families. The name derives from the [[Mount Vernon]], the home of [[George Washington]];, given the [[Washington Monument (Baltimore)|the original Washington Monument]], a massive pillar commenced in 1815 to commemorate the first president of the [[United States]], is the defining feature of the neighborhood.

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 Historical Society]], [[Contemporary Museum Baltimore|ContemporaryThe MuseumContemporary]], [[Maryland Institute College of Art]], [[Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall]], [[Baltimore School for the Arts]], [[Lyric Opera House]], [[Center Stage (theater)|Center Stage]], [[Enoch Pratt Free Library|Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch]], Spotlighters Theatre, the Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute, and the [[Peabody Bookshop and Beer Stube]] (demolished 1997).

The centerpiece of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the cruciform arrangement of parks surrounding the Washington monument, represent one of the nation's first examples of city planning for the express purpose of highlighting a monument. The 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"/> The parks are now 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 [[Carrere & Hastings]], who also designed the 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|rowhousesrow houses]]; most of the latter were originally single-family dwellings. Though many have been broken up into multiple apartments, a growing number are being restored back to single family use. The historic beaux-arts [[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}}</ref>

[[The Stafford Apartments|The Stafford Hotel]], built in Mount Vernon in 1894, now serves as an apartment building primarily for students at Johns Hopkins University-Peabody.<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>

*[httphttps://www.mvba.org/ Mount Vernon - Belvedere Community Association]

*[httphttps://www.nps.gov/historysubjects/nr/travel/baltimoretravelbaltimore/index.htm Baltimore, Maryland, a National Park Service ''Discover Our Shared Heritage'' Travel Itinerary]