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Mount Vernon is a neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, located immediately north of the city's . It is named for George Washington's estate in , as the site of the city's .
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 5,500 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  • Also known as: “Mount Vernon, Baltimore” and “Mt. Vernon”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Walters Art Museum and George Peabody Library.

Museum
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The is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of , . Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amassed substantially by major American art and sculpture collectors, including William Thompson Walters and his son Henry Walters.

Library
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The is a library connected to the Johns Hopkins University, focused on research into the 19th century. It was formerly the Library of the Peabody Institute of music in the City of Baltimore, and is located on the Peabody campus at West Mount Vernon Place in the Mount Vernon-Belvedere historic cultural neighborhood north of downtown , .

Church
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and Asbury House is a historic United Methodist church located at 2-10 Mount Vernon Place, Mount Vernon in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chinatown and Seton Hill.

Neighborhood
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The U.S. city of , is home to a small . Historically, Baltimore had at least two districts that were called "Chinatown" where the first one existed on the 200 block of Marion Street during the 1880s.

Neighborhood
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Historic District is a historic district in Baltimore, Maryland. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It includes , which is a National Historic Landmark.

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is 's central business district and seat of the city government. While home to some iconic Baltimore architecture, and the city's economic heart, visitors, and even locals, tend to keep their distance from this often seedy and decidedly unloved city center, unless they are going to the Baltimore Arena, the Hippodrome Theatre, or visiting Poe's grave at Westminster Hall.

Mount Vernon

Latitude
39.29791° or 39° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
-76.61569° or 76° 36′ 57″ west
Population
5,500
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
Open location code
87F579XM+5P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 157587376
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
4828616
Wiki­data ID
Q6924327
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Mount Vernon” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mount Vernon”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Vernon”
  • Chinese: “弗農山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Vernon”
  • French: “Mount Vernon”
  • Japanese: “マウントバーノン”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Spanish: “Mount Vernon”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Mount Vernon Place and Force.

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