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About Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is a neighborhood located just to the north of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. The name derives from the home of George Washington; the Washington Monument, a massive pillar commemorating the first president of the United States, is the defining feature of the neighborhood.
Mt. Vernon lies just to the north of downtown. Generally speaking, it is bounded
by Centre Street to the south, Howard Street to the west, and the Jones Falls
Expressway to the north and east, though the northern half of this area is often
referred to as Midtown. The Inner Harbor is about half a mile south of Centre
Street.
Mt. Vernon is home to some of the most beautiful and well-preserved 19th century
architecture on the East Coast of the United States. The centerpiece of the
neighborhood is the area around the Washington Monument, where stately palatial
homes face onto four small parks that surround the monument. 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
rowhouses; 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.
On the northeast corner of Washington's monument sits the Mount Vernon 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.
The neighborhood also has a reputation as a gay village. Although it is by no
means an exclusively gay community, many of Baltimore's most prominent gay bars
are in Mt. Vernon, and is the center of activity during Baltimore's annual Gay
Pride festival.
Being close to downtown, Mt. Vernon is well-served by public transit. Most area
major bus routes head through the neighborhood on their way to the financial
district. The Light Rail line runs down Howard Street on the west edge of the
neighborhood, and the Metro Subway runs beneath Eutaw Street a block west of
that; both have stations within easy walking distance of the neighborhood. Penn
Station is also a quick walk across the JFX to the north.