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Discover Mount Vernon Cultural Walk, a 3
mile walking trail through one of America's
premier cultural districts. The trail connects
24 historic sites and museums along the
Charles Street Byway – a great place to sight-
see, shop, and dine.

From Charles Center to Mount Vernon Place,
from the B&O Railroad building to the
Peabody Institute, Baltimore's rich cultural
landscape rises from the Chesapeake along
the Cultural Walk.

Set out on an adventure of discovery
in Baltimore!

Mount Vernon Cultural Walk is a project of the Mount Vernon Cultural District Inc. and the Baltimore City Heritage Area. For more information, visit: www.mvcd.org.

Photos for Mount Vernon Cultural Walk courtesy of John Hopkins University and Hospital, Maryland Historical Society. Enrich Pett Free Library, Baltimore City Department of Planning and the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, Bryn Mawr School, Downtown Partnership, and AVIS Media Services. Watercolor rendering of the Basilica by Vladek Teloyevs

Alex Brown
Building

Bank of America Tower

B&O Railroad
Building

Our Charles
Center

Mountjoy
Temple/Drexlon
Green

St. Paul's
Episcopal Church

Women's
Industrial Exchange
Gift Shop

Basilica of
the Assumption

Enoch Pratt
Free Library

Pew
Unitarian Church
of Baltimore

Walkers Art
Museum

Washington
Museum & M.
Vernon Place

Peabody
Institute

George
Peabody Library

Mt. Vernon
Place United
Methodist Church

Carver
Jacobs Mission/
Engineers Club

Grace and St.
Peter's Church

Contemporary
Museum

Maryland
Historical Society

Antique Row

Budger Blake
National Jazz
Institute &
Cultural Center

Ennemore
Episcopal
Church

Belvedere
Hotel

Penncrynza
Station

EXPLORE

Feed the pulse of Baltimore's
**Charles Street** Byway.

See the original manuscripts of
**Francis Scott Key's** poem,
"The Defense of Fort McHenry,
which became our **national**
**anthem**, at the Maryland
Historical Society.

Climb the nation's first mon-
ment to George Washington
for an expansive view of Mount
Vernon Place. This National His-
toric Landmark District is home
to a world-class **orchestra**, a
professional regional **theater**,
and a host of other cultural
institutions and museums.

Explore The Walters Art
Museum, which presents
**world art** from pre-dynastic
Egypt to 20th century Europe.

Stroll around Cathedral Hill
and its centerpiece, the Basilica
of the Assumption, begun in
1806 as America's first Roman
Catholic **Cathedral** in the
nation's first Catholic diocese –
a diocese which stretched west
to the Mississippi.

Hear the sounds of *Fagtime* at
the Ebue Blake National **Jazz**
Institute & Cultural Center.

June into the Peabody Institute,
America's first conservatory of
**music** and one of the world's
premier sources of professional
musicians.

Shop on **Antique Row**, the
antique mecca in Baltimore
for more than a century and
a great place to find a unique
**Treasure** or a stunning gift.

Encounter sites associated with
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
**Thurgood Marshall**, pio-
neering composer Ebue Blake,
Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels,
the first **African American**
to serve in the U.S. Senate; and
Mar. Elizabeth Lange, founder
of the Oblate Sisters of Proxi-
dence (the first Roman Catholic
order of religious women of
African ancestry).

Visit City Center to admire a
century of renewal since the
**Great Fire** of 1904 destroyed
1500 buildings – see the 1900
Beaux-Arts B&O Railroad
building intended to convey
the power of a mighty railroad,
the **Art Deco** Bank of America
Tower built at the height of
the roaring 20s, and Miles van
der Rohe's sleek (One Charles
Center; the symbol of 60s-style,
renewed urban America).

www.spangledtrails.org

MOUNT VERNON CULTURAL WALK • LENGTH: 1/2 MILE • TIME REQUIRED TO WALK: 1 HOUR, 40 MIN.

DOWNTOWN

LEGEND

H Hospital
P Parking Garage
P Parking Lot
A Accommodations
M Metro Line
L Light Rail
M MARC Train
H Harbor Taxis
V Visitors Center
H Heritage Walk
M Mount Vernon
Cultural Walk

Baltimore
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Photos for Mount Vernon Cultural Walk courtesy of John Hopkins University and Hospital, Maryland Historical Society. Enrich Pett Free Library, Baltimore City Department of Planning and the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, Bryn Mawr School, Downtown Partnership, and AYIS Media Services. Watercolor rendering of the Basilica by Vladek Telnyeys

Alexis Brown
Building

Bank of America Tower

B&O Railroad
Building

Our Charles
Center

Marilyn
Templeton/Drexlon
Green

St. Paul's
Episcopal Church

Women's
Jewish Exchange
Gift Shop

Basilica of
the Assumption

Enoch Pratt
Free Library

Row
Unions Church
of Baltimore

Walkers Art
Museum

Washington
Museum &
Vernon Place

Peabody
Institute

George
Peabody Library

Grace and St.
Peter's Church

Continuum
Museum

Maryland
Historical Society

Antique Row

Tudor Blake
National Jazz
Institute &
Cultural Center

Ennemore
Episcopal
Church

Belvedere
Hotel

Pennsylvania
Station

EXPLORE

Feed the pulse of Baltimore's
Historic Charles Street Byway.

See the original manuscripts of
**Francis Scott Key's** poem,
"The Defense of Fort McHenry,
which became our national
anthem, at the Maryland
Historical Society.

Stroll around Cathedral Hill
and its centerpiece, the Basilica
of the Assumption, begun in
1806 as Roman Catholic
**Cathedral** in the
nation's first Catholic diocese –
a diocese which stretched west
to the Mississippi.

Hear the sounds of *Fag-time* at
the Ebue Blake National Jazz
Institute & Cultural Center.

Encounter sites associated with
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
**Thurgood Marshall**, pio-
neering composer Ebue Blake,
Senator Hiram Rhodes Revels,
the first **African American**
to serve in the U.S. Senate; and
Mary Elizabeth Lange, founder
of the Oblate Sisters of Proxi-
dence (the first Roman Catholic
order of religious women of
African ancestry).

Visit City Center to admire a
century of renewal since the
**Great Fire** of 1904 destroyed
1500 buildings – see the 1906
Beaux-Arts B&O Railroad
building intended to convey
the power of a mighty railroad,
the **Art Deco** Bank of America
Tower built at the height of
the roaring 20s, and Miles van
der Rohe's sleek (One Charles
Center, the symbol of 60s-style,
renewed urban America).

www.spangledtrails.org

MOUNT VERNON CULTURAL WALK • LENGTH: 1/2 mile/5 kilometers • TIME REQUIRED: 10-15 hours / 40 miles

DOWNTOWN

LEGEND

H Hospital
P Parking Garage
P Parking Lot
A Accommodations
M Metro Line
L Light Rail
---
MARC Train
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Harbor Taxis
---
Visitors Center
---
Heritage Walk
---
Mount Vernon
Cultural Walk

Baltimore
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CULTURAL WALK

MARYLAND
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