Mt. Vernon Square
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Mount Vernon Square Historic District
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Mount Vernon Square, with Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, Washington Convention Center, Historical Society of Washington DC, and former NPR Headquarters visible.
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| Location | Roughly bounded by New York Ave., 7th St., N St., and 1st St. NW, Washington, District of Columbia |
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| Coordinates | 38°54′09″N 77°01′25″W / 38.902528°N 77.023583°WCoordinates: 38°54′09″N 77°01′25″W / 38.902528°N 77.023583°W |
| Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
| Built | 1845 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals |
| NRHP reference # | 99001071 |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 1999 |
Mount Vernon Square is a city square and neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. The square is located where the following streets would otherwise intersect: Massachusetts Avenue NW, New York Avenue NW, K Street NW, and 8th Street NW.
Mount Vernon Square is bounded on the east by 7th Street NW, on the west by 9th Street NW, on the north by Mount Vernon Place, and on the south by a two-block section of K Street NW that is slightly offset from the rest of K Street.
On the north side of the square is the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the second largest building in the city after the U.S. Capitol. On the south side is the Techworld office development, on the east the former offices of National Public Radio, and on the west is Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church. In the center of the square is the District of Columbia Public Library, now home to the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The white marble library building, finished in 1903, was a gift of industrialist Andrew Carnegie. Washington's Chinatown is two blocks to the south, and the White House seven blocks to the southwest. The closest Metro station is Mt Vernon Square. The Neoclassical marble Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church, located at 900 Massachusetts Avenue NW, is a nearby landmark due west of the square.
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