Mount Pleasant Community History

St. Stephen and the Incarnation Episcopal Church is a brick building in the Columbia Heights neighborhood, defined by a design completed in nineteen twenty-nine. It emerged from the merger of two earlier congregations, St. Stephen’s and…

Bancroft Elementary School is defined by the way its campus climbs a steep, uneven hillside in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood. To handle the jagged terrain, architects designed a central interior spine they call the Calle Mayor, or Main…

The storefront at thirty-two twenty-one Mount Pleasant Street Northwest is marked by a prominent sign that still reads Heller's Bakery, though only the four letters of the current establishment, Ellē, are illuminated. This space served as…

Lamont Plaza serves as a central gathering point at the corner of Mount Pleasant and Lamont Streets. This brick-paved public space is defined by an elevated performance area and seating, which provides a frequent stage for local events and…

La Casa Community Health Action Center occupies a long-standing building at three one six six Mount Pleasant Street Northwest. The structure began as a simple nineteenth-century dwelling before expanding with a storefront addition, and it…

The Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library is recognizable by its grand, Italian Renaissance-style façade made of Indiana limestone. It stands at the corner of Lamont and Sixteenth Streets Northwest, where it was formally opened to the public…

The Raven Grill at thirty-one twenty-five Mount Pleasant Street Northwest is marked by a pair of vintage neon signs in the front window, each depicting the bar's name on either side of a tilted cocktail glass labeled, "Cocktails." Since…

Each Peach Market occupies a modest storefront at three thousand sixty-eight Mount Pleasant Street Northwest. This corner grocer is defined by its focus on small-batch products, curated cheeses, and an active deli counter that prepares…