Old Salem Church and Cemetery | |
 Old Salem Church and Cemetery, December 2009 | |
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| Location | 701 Ingleside Avenue, Catonsville, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′14″N 76°44′09″W / 39.27056°N 76.73583°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | Moessmeringer, Johann |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000683[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 13, 1977 |
Old Salem Church and Cemetery is a historic Lutheran Church and adjacent cemetery located at Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland. The main part of the 1849 Gothic Revival church building is a three bay, irregular stone structure approximately 28 feet wide and 42 feet long. It features a gable roof, a short boxy steeple, an entrance porch at the front and an apse at the rear. The interior features a gallery and organ loft has the original tracker organ, which is still hand pumped by a wooden lever on the north side of the case. From early on, the ground to the south of the church was laid out as a cemetery. The church was founded by German Lutheran immigrants.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
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References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kenneth M. Short (January 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Salem Church and Cemetery" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
External links
- Old Salem Church and Cemetery at Find a Grave
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Old Salem Church and Cemetery, Baltimore County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
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