Mount Pleasant

The neighborhood was initially developed around the Mount Pleasant Hospital, which was built and operated during the American Civil War. Following the war, the largely rural area was subdivided for real estate development. Following the advent of the D.C. streetcar system, Mt. Pleasant became Washington's first streetcar suburb and burgeoned as an affluent residential area until the mid-1940s. The neighborhood entered a period of decay following white flight and the 1968 riots in Washington, D.C. Since the 2000s, Mount Pleasant has seen urban redevelopment and gentrification.