Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church - Catonsville MD
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 17.100 W 076° 43.854
18S E 350716 N 4349832
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church aka Old Salem Church and Cemetery is in Catonsville and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This Gothic Revival church was built in 1849. The church was founded by German Lutheran immigrants.
Waymark Code: WM17D8N
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2023
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From Wikipedia
"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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977."
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