Mount Vernon Place - Baltimore, MD
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 39° 17.909 W 076° 36.947
18S E 360672 N 4351144
Mount Vernon Place is a small park in the Mount Vernon Area of Baltimore.
Waymark Code: WM6GK0
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2009
Views: 16
The place is more like a plaza. It's made up of four separate green rectangular areas. In the middle is the George Washington Monument. The green areas have fountain and memorials. Some of the memorial are those to Supreme Court Justice Taney, General Lafayette, and George Peabody.
Name: Mount Vernon Place
Street Location: Mount Vernon and Washington Places
Local Municipality: Baltimore
State/Province, etc.: MD
Country: USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: John Eager Howard, Lafayette, and George Washington
Date Established: 1850S
Picnic Facilities: None
Recreational Facilities: None
Monuments/Statues: Statues of Washington, Lafeyette, Peabody, Taney
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Lion sculpture
Fountains: Multiple fountains
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: None
Special Events: Concerts in the summer
Traditional Geocaches: The 'other' Washington Monument (GCZZNP) is supposed to be here, but it hasn't been found in a long time.
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