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== Architectural history ==
The centerpiece of the Mount Vernon neighborhood, the cruciform arrangement of parks surrounding the Washington monument,
Elsewhere in the neighborhood are many older apartment buildings and three and four-story [[Terraced house|row houses]] which 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>
On the northeast corner of Washington's monument sits the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. 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}}</ref> The southeast corner from the monument is occupied entirely by buildings comprising the Peabody Institute, and the southwest corner includes three buildings forming the Walters Art Museum.▼
▲On the northeast corner of Washington's monument sits the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. 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.
[[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>▼
▲[[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 Institute|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>
The old Mount Vernon Hotel, built in 1847, was the mansion home of U.S. Congressman [[William Albert|William Julian Albert]] (1816–1879) where he entertained Abraham Lincoln. Later the house was converted into a hotel (1867) and was where Oscar Wilde stayed as part of his 1882 lecture tour of America. The building is extant at 702 Cathedral Street, in the district.<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>▼
▲The old [[Mount Vernon Hotel Museum|Mount Vernon Hotel]], built in 1847, was the mansion home of U.S. Congressman [[William Albert|William Julian Albert]] (1816–1879) where he entertained [[Abraham Lincoln]]. Later the house was converted into a hotel (1867) and was where [[Oscar Wilde]] stayed as part of his 1882 lecture tour of America. The building is extant at 702 Cathedral Street, in the district.<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>
A portion of the neighborhood, mainly to the west and south of the Washington Monument, was designated a [[National Historic Landmark District]] on November 11, 1971, for the significance in architecture and landscape planning.<ref name="nris"/><ref name="mht_ihp"/> It is included within the [[Baltimore National Heritage Area]].<ref name="balto1">{{cite web | url=http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Portals/0/agencies/heritage/public%20downloads/neighborhoods_heritageareas.pdf | title=Baltimore National Heritage Area Map | publisher=City of Baltimore | date = June 2010 | access-date=March 11, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522024255/http://www.baltimorecity.gov/Portals/0/agencies/heritage/public%20downloads/neighborhoods_heritageareas.pdf | archive-date=May 22, 2013 }}</ref>
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