Exterior of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

A tour of 'Mount Royal' in Reservoir Hill | PHOTOS

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Known as both Mount Royal and the Birckhead-Bond house, the secluded 18th-century building has had “nine lives, like a cat,” according to a preservationist with the city, which owns the structure and the two acres of land in Northwest Baltimore it sits on. Its next life is anyone’s guess. On Monday, the city comptroller’s office is putting Mount Royal up for sale, issuing a request for proposals to developers who can pitch their ideas to the city government and the surrounding community.

Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

Exterior of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

Jackson Gilman-Forlini stands outside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center on Friday, January 14. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

Ceiling tiles and debris have fallen in a sunroom inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

A view of outside branches and vines covering the exterior of a window of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

Ceiling tiles and debris have fallen into the “Kid’s Corner” inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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The remnants of curtains for children cover windows inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

The remnants of curtains for children cover windows inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

A fuse box signage reads “Believe in a greener Baltimore” in the basement of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

The remnants of an office space remain inside the basement of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

A spider trapped prey in a cobweb inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

A faucet that has long since rusted over continues to steadily drip water in the basement of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

A rat trap has been set, but not triggered yet, inside the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

The Reservoir Hill neighborhood, viewed from the rear of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center

Exterior of the vacant Reservoir Hill Multipurpose Center, as seen on a Friday, January 14 tour. Dating from c. 1790, the building is the former country estate at Park Avenue and Reservoir Street, one of the earliest houses in the neighborhood and the only one that survives from that era. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Sun)

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