Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, October 2009
Location 2-10 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates 39°17′53″N 76°36′55″W / 39.29806°N 76.61528°W / 39.29806; -76.61528Coordinates: 39°17′53″N 76°36′55″W / 39.29806°N 76.61528°W / 39.29806; -76.61528
Built 1872
Architect Dixon, Thomas; Niernsee & Neilson
Architectural style Gothic, Norman Gothic
NRHP Reference #

71001038

[1]
Added to NRHP September 17, 1971

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House is a historic United Methodist church located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a Norman-Gothic-style church that was completed in 1872. It was designed by Thomas Dixon, a Baltimore architect and is built of blocks of a unique metabasalt, a green-toned Maryland fieldstone, with brownstone ornamentation. It features three spires.[2]

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.[1]

Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church should not be confused with another church of the same name in Washington, DC, which served as the national representative congregation for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1850 to 1939.

Architects Niernsee & Neilson are indicated as having association with the site.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Maryland Historical Trust". Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and Asbury House, Baltimore City. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21.

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