- Druid Ridge Cemetery
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Druid Ridge Cemetery is located just outside the city of Baltimore in Pikesville, Maryland at 7900 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore Co., MD 21208. Among its monuments and graves are several noted sculptures by Hans Schuler and the final resting places of:
- Felix Agnus, American Civil War general and newspaper publisher
- Alfred Blalock, pioneering cardiovascular surgeon
- Dorothy Benjamin Caruso, widow of tenor Enrico Caruso
- William Jones "Boileryard" Clarke, baseball player and coach
- Claribel Cone, physician and art collector with her sister Etta Cone
- Walter Dandy, one of the fathers of neurosurgery
- Rev. Dr. John Goucher, namesake of Goucher College
- Florence Kendall, influential physical therapist
- John Charles Linthicum, U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Maryland
- Rosa Ponselle, celebrated soprano
- Carl Vernon Sheridan, World War II Medal of Honor recipient
- Hugh H. Young, pioneering urologist
- Elisabeth Gilman, daughter of Daniel Coit Gilman and prominent Maryland socialist and civil libertarian
Druid Ridge Cemetery was also the original home to local legend Black Aggie and contains what is probably the only monument to Queen Victoria in the United States.
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Coordinates: 39°22′54.85″N 76°43′15.65″W / 39.3819028°N 76.7210139°W
Categories:- Baltimore County, Maryland
- Cemeteries in Maryland
- Visitor attractions in Baltimore County, Maryland
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