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Mount Pleasant, Washington, DcMount Pleasant is a neighborhood in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, DC, roughly bounded by 16th Street, NW and the Columbia Heights neighborhood to the east, Piney Hill Park to the north, Rock Creek Park to the west and Meridian Hill Park to the south. History The neighborhood was originally settled by James Holmead, who in 1727 received a land grant from Charles Calvert, 5th Lord Baltimore, then governor of Maryland Colony. James's son Anthony inherited the land in 1750, renaming it Pleasant Plains. The Holmead estate was sold off piece by piece over the years until the family home was finally demolished in the 1890s. (Holmead Place, a short street between Spring Road NW and Park Road NW, was named after the family.) The neighborhood was heavily redeveloped between 1900 and 1925 with the construction of new houses and apartment buildings after the establishment of a streetcar line. Population The population of Mount Pleasant is mostly a mixture of white "young urban professionals" and working-class Latinos. Most businesses in the neighborhood cater to the Latino community, although the influx of more affluent white residents is prompting gentrification. External Links
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