Ed's Baltimore Photos: Mount Vernon Place

These are photos of buildings on or very near Mt. Vernon Place. This is a circle and four squares of gardens which form the center and heart of the neighborhood of Mt. Vernon.

I will revise this posting to put the pictures in proper order, but for now, the description is in order of the photos posted.

This is the east side of Mount Vernon Place (we're looking South on Charles Street). Washington Place Apartments, a luxury cooperative, is the white marble building. Just north of it is the old Stafford Hotel. Now an apartment building for students attending Johns Hopkins University or the Peabody Institute, it had fallen on hard times and was, until the mid-2000s, used as low income housing.

View facing north, a more direct view of Washington Place Apartments and the Stafford Hotel. The red brick building ahead of the Stafford is an office/restaurant complex which houses Donna's Coffee House.

Another view of Washington Place Apartments. The elevator in this building is hand operated by the doorman! Residents ring up the doorman when they wish to use the elevator.

The beautiful interior of the Peabody

The Peabody Institute, which includes the Conservatory school of music, is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University.

This is the Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. This structure is unique for its green hue.

The Walters Art Museum. Per its website, "The collection presents an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe, and counts among its many treasures Greek sculpture and Roman sarcophagi; medieval ivories and Old Master paintings; Art Deco jewelry and 19th-century European and American masterpieces."

Peabody Court Hotel. They have a great little restaurant where they serve a nice brunch on weekends.

Some buildings along Mount Vernon Place. Wealthy families used to live in these large town homes along the gardens. Now, these buildings are occupied by museums, businesses and private clubs and organizations.