Old Salem Church and Cemetery

Old Salem Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Old Salem Church and Cemetery, December 2009
Location:	Ingleside Avenue and Calverton St., Catonsville, Maryland
Coordinates:	39°17′5″N 76°43′53″W / 39.28472°N 76.73139°W / 39.28472; -76.73139Coordinates: 39°17′5″N 76°43′53″W / 39.28472°N 76.73139°W / 39.28472; -76.73139
Area:	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built:	1849
Architect:	Moessmeringer, Johann
Architectural style:	Late Gothic Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	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.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ "Maryland Historical Trust". Old Salem Church and Cemetery, Baltimore County. Maryland Historical Trust. 2008-11-21. http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=452&COUNTY=Baltimore%20County&FROM=NRCountyList.aspx?COUNTY=Baltimore%20County. 

External links

• Old Salem Church and Cemetery, Baltimore County, including photo from 1997, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Old Salem Church and Cemetery on Google Street View