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Designed in the Norman-Gothic style by Thomas Dixon, a Baltimore architect, Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church was completed in 1872 and stands on the northeast corner of Charles Street in Mt. Vernon Place, Baltimore, Maryland •

. Blocks of a unique metabasalt, a green-toned Maryland

field$tone, were used for the solid wall surfaces; "true stone• rather than veneer. Windows, entrances, building edges and corners are done in brownstone, as is most of the ornamentation .

Aisle roofs slope gradually to a strip clerestory above which rises to a sharply peaked roof·. This lofty impression is re-emphasized by three spires. The vertical lines of the largest spire on the southwest corner of the church echo the lines of the tall columnar Washington Monument in the center of the square. This largest spire, and a smaller one on the southeast corner , frame the south and primary facade. Broad stairs lead to the triple entrance crowned by a free-standing, glassless, three-point "comb" of Gothic tracery. Above and behind tpe "comb," a large rose window ornaments the wall re­cessed within a large pointed arch of brownstone which serves as a frame for both window and "comb."

The weste·rI\ wall as a street facade adjoins the great spire and runs north in a series of pointed arch windows se­parated by thin buttresses. These are applied to the west wall and taper at a sharp angle toward an entablature below the aisle roof. Contained in its frieze are a number of distinct and individual faces, one of which is recognizable as Charles Tireman, a wealthy Baltimore merchant.

_ North of the west wall a smaller spire abuts the ~rossing . The west wall simulates the principal facade, having a similar brownstone relieving arch enclosing a rather large rose win­dow. The sharply peaked crossing roof is lower than that of · the roof of the nave.

- - The interior is notable for its iron columns, carved wooden beams and stained-glass Connick cross over the pulpit.

The Mt . Vernon Place United Methodist Church is lofty, yet maintains the scale of the neighboring buildings. The unusual colored stone adds interest to tpe Square.

Immediately to the e ast of the church sta~ds Asbury House, a brownstone townhouse. with balcony and iron gii1lwork extend­ing the entire width of the facade at the second-story level.

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The Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church is the fourtl home of a group from a congregation which officially organized the Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States. It has always been deeply involved in the business, prof~ssional and civic life of Baltimore as well as a link with the most

.. important figure in historic American Methodism, Francis Asbury. Its preservation as a contemporary influence is vital to the heart of Baltimore where it stands as one of the four corners of Mount Vernon Place.

During World Wars I and II as a haven for service per­sonnel stationed temporarily . in Baltimore, the church provided meals, beds and entertainment. Its facilities have been used by the Women'e Civic League of Baltimore to promote the annual Flower Mart held in Mount Vernon Place, a tradition of the cit) for fifty years . The excellence of the music program of the Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church adds to the life of the city. Its Sunday Evening Club, a service organization for young adults instituted forty years ago: its Community Center which has served hundreds of inner-city children : its connection with the McKirn Center: the establishment of a 1971 Downtown Crisis- Center and the Fellowship of Lights -group deal~ng with alienated youth , runaway teenagers and victims of drug abuse, contribute to ameliorating the city's needs. From the ministry and membership its men and women in the con­gregation have made appreciable contributions to the life and growth of Baltimore. "Downtown Tours" stop regularly as they do at the church's neighbors--The Peabody Conservatory, the Walters Art Gallery and the Washington Monument.

In Lovely Lane Chapel--no longer extant and not to be con­fused ~ith Lovely Lane Methodist Church on St. Paul Street-­in 1784, the Methodist Episcopal Church was established and the Reverend Francis Asbury was ordained as its first Bishop. "City Station". on Light Street was the congregation ' s next home from which a group moved· "uptown" to Charles and Fayette Streets where began the "Society" as it was called, which in 1872 became the Mt. Vernon Place Methodist Church as the re­sult of a final move. A bronze plaque on the front of the

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'I'· . MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES -· • . -- ·-

Recorders: Reverend Norman w. Clemens and Reverend James Davis, .. Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church, January 1971

Mrs. Walter Black, Jr., Maryland Historical Trust, January 1971

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Above the balcony is a central bay with slim arched windows.

An interior feature is a hanging spiral staircase which . rises three'stories. The library on the second floor is adorned

· with .intricate hand-carvings on doo~s, and the frames of all the . bui1t-in bookcases. Tpese carvings· were executed by German :· immigrant craftsmen. A German artist executed the ceiling paint­. ing, . a copy of "Aurora" by Guido Rer:i (Italian 1575-1642).

· ' While. the first ·floor ·has been remodeled for church use and ·- a passagewai· between :the house and the church has been created, ·. Asbury House remains unaltered. The carved marble mantel in · the parlor and a mirrored ponsole in the h~ll are ~till in their '«:'.>riginal place. _ ·· ' · . .. i · . :. · · • ... .... • . ··: · . .- . .•

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church notes that the building ·was erected on the site of the home. of Charles Howard in which Francis Scott Key died on January 11, 1843. The cornerstone of this . Gothic-style structure

.. was laid on September 26, 1870, an innovation for the Methodists of that period. The building was · designed by Thomas Dixon and the church completed in 1Bg2. · As the result of a merger with the Eutaw Street Methodist Church in 1926, the church acquired the flat marble marker from Bishop Francis Asbur,Y' s tomb, and plac·ed ·it on the interior wall of the narthex--a pulpit from which

_ Bishop Asbury had pr~ached at the Eutaw Street church.

Additions to the Mt. Vernon .Place United Methodist Church in­.. elude the · Sidney Stantop" Bosley Memorial Chapel in 1949, a Connick cross in 1956 and A~bury House in 1957.

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Niernsee ·and Neilson, the Baltimore architectural firm, des.igneCi a number of the neighboring structures on Mt . Vernon Place and were the architects for Asbury House . Originally built for Albert Schumacher, a local shipping magnate and President of the Board of Trade, Asbury House has been converted into church of~ices and group meetings. Built c. 1850, the house was sold in 1893 to George von Lingen, the German consul in Baltimore, who is credited with remodeling ·the second floor library. He ·employed German laborers ·for the intricate carvings and ceiling painting. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ellet Rieman were the last resi-d~nts prior to the purchase by the trustees of the Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church of the house, named for Bishop Asbury • . .

'f'9. REFERENCES continued .

Howard, George W.,· The Monumental ~ity Its Past Histo ry and Present Resources. BaXtimore : M. Cur1ander, 188 9.

Howland, Richard H. and Eleanor Spencer. The Architecture of Baltimore A P.ictoriaI·'ffistory. Bal tunore: J ohns Hopkins Pre ss, 1953.

· . :; ·~~ . Murray, John. 'Phe Queen of the South. ,: .. Baltimore: · n . p., · 1902.

Scharf, ~j. Thomas. Chronicles of Baltimore. Philadelphia: · Louis H. Everts, 1874.

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Scharf, J. Thomas • . History of Baltimore City and County From · the Earliest Period to the Pre s e nt Oaf: •. • Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1881.

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The preservation threat to the Mt . ~ernon Place United

Methodist Church is ·the condition of the exterior of the

building . Pieces of stone have become detached and have

fallen into the street c~using danger to pedestrians and

motorists .

The architectural firm of Bonnett and Brant , Inc.,

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estimated to take six months. The preservation proposal to

stabilize what is there amounts to $30 , 000.

Sources:

Reverend James E . Davis, Associate Minister , Mt . Vernon Place United Methodist Church, to Orlando Ridout IV, State Liaison Officer, September 3 , 1970; files of the Maryfand Historical Trust, Annapolis , Maryland

Bonnett and Brant, Inc., 701 Cathedral Street , Baltimore, Maryland

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(Check One) CONDITION

Excellent D Good (2q Fair D Deteriorated D Ruins D Unexposed D (Check One)

Altered 0 Unaltered 129 (Check One)

INTEGRITY Moved 0 Original Site ~

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT ANO ORIGINAL (It known) PHYSICAL.. APPE ARANCE

The church wac des igned by 1homas Dixon , a local

architect , and com)leted in 1872 . It is constructed

primarily or a variety of !.>.ary l ane field stone 01· a

unique green tone . The blocks are solid rather t iian

veneer , "true &>tone ", reflectin€ a trutl1 to materials

characteri s tic or the period . The windows , entrances and

building edges and corners are oone i:i brov·nstone , as i s

most o f t h e ornamentation , the g.c·een stone being 6evoted

to the soli6 wall surfaces .

Tte aisle roofs slope gradually over the wide aisles

to a strip clerestory Pnd a s! ar;>ly !)eat.er: nave roof .

T:r:e lofty impression is re- ernpha.si zed by tl:.ree spires .

The largest S~)i re is on t he southwest corner of t he

church , and its vertical lines echo t~ose of the nee-

claE>rical hashington 11onument nearby .

The triple entra .. ce ;:jf t!:e s.JutL anc :')ri n.ary

facade is crov,ned by a t h ree-:- point comb of got!:i c tr·acery

which is free - stanclng anc wi thoiit flass . Above t bis

i s a large rose window . noth of these are framed by

a large pointed arch of brownstone , and the w~ll containing

t he window is reces c-ed wittin t:. £ arch . 'Ibe system

is thus ~elf-contained and independent as an introduction

to the church .

The western side is t~e only other one wtich f a ces

~ . e stre~t . It ~ljolns t hs g reat s pire and consists

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SPECIFI C OATE(S) (It Applicable and Known) 1870- 1872 AREAS OF SIGNI F I CANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

Aboriginal Education ~ Political D Prehistoric D E ng ineering D Religion/ Phi-

Historic D Industry D losophy ~ Agriculture D Invention D Science D Art ~ Landscape S.culpture D Commerce D Architectu re D S.ocial / Humon-

Communications D Literature D itorian D Conservation D Mi litary D T heater D

Music D Trans portoti on D

STATEMENT OF S I GNI FICANCE (Include Personea e s, Dates, E-vents, Etc.)

20th Century 0

Urban Plonning

Other (Sp e c ify)

This cong regation had its orig lns at the Lovely Lane

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Chr i st1nas Conference of 1784, during which t he 11:3thodist

Episcopal Church of the United States was officially

organized . The present structure i s t h e f ourth home of

~ t he congregation . It was built on t he northeast corner t-

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of rJit . Vernon Place and Ivionuroent P.treet where in former

years stood t he home of Charles Howard in which Francis

3cott F"ey had died , January 11 , 1843 . A bronze plaque

moting t his fact is attached to tr.e front of the build ing .

At tho time the ch urch was erected , this we.s the most

fashicn~~le neighborhood in Baltimore , located around

the v.ashington Monument which was t he first monument

built by any American city to the memory of George

1.iashington .

The a rchitect chosen to design t he llit . Vernon Place

United rlet:r.od.ist Church was Thomas Dixon who elected

to build in the .1.'< orman- Got h ic style , an innovat.ion for

thE. i.Jlethodists of t hat day . Th e corne rstone was laia

in 1870 and t he structure ~ba completed in 1872 . (see Contii...,.ation Sheet #2)

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fil:!~ ·' ~A;:fOR f;l!SLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ' .. .·····

Howa rd , George \'~ . ' The >o'Yl1..lmental ~i ty . (baltimore , 1873) . Howland , Richar d H. anci .t.:leanor s~)encer , Th e Architect~re

of Baltimore . (baltimore , 1953) • lv.u r phy , John , Trade ~ueen of t he South . ( bal ti more , 1902) . Scharf , J . Thomas , Chr".'>ni cl es of .c;al t lrnore . ( .::,alt ::.;nore , 1874) . Schar f , J . ·lhomo.s , Hi stor;y of ile.lti mo .re ~itv and Count;y .

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NAME AN O TITLE;

Rev . James Davis and hev . 1~orman T " . Glemens

ORGANIZATION IDATE

!1.t . Vernon Place United a.etbodist Church January 1971 STRE ET AND NUMBER:

10 East ? .. t . Vernon Place CI T Y OR T OWN : STATE CODE

Baltimore J.\':arv lard 21202 12, STATE LIAISON OFFICER Cf::RtlFftAiTON NATIONAi.. REGfSTER VERl f 'IOAT·IQN . :: ..

As the desig nated State Liaison Officer for the Na-I herebv certify that this property is included in the

t ional Historic Preservation Ac t of 1966 (Public Law

89-665). I hereby nominate this prope rty for inclus ion National Register.

in the National Register and certify t hat i t has been

evaluat ed according to the c riteria and proce dures set

for th by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeolo~y and Historic Preservation

level of significanc e of this nomination is:

Na tio nal 0 State 0 Local 0

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