Near Catonsville in Baltimore County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Old Salem Church and Graveyard

National Register of Historic Places

— United States Department of the Interior —

Old Salem Church and Graveyard Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Claire Carton, May 6, 2015

1. Old Salem Church and Graveyard Marker

Inscription. Salemsgemeinde, the German Evangelical Lutheran Salem Congregation, was founded September 30, 1849 by German immigrants, many from Bavaria. The congregation dedicated this Gothic Revival style church June 16, 1850. That year the congregation built a new schoolhouse with instruction in German, and it became one of the first public schools in the area. The graveyard, “God’s Acre,” was established in 1851. The congregation built a new church in the village of Catonsville, dedicated in 1903, keeping this first home and graveyard. In 1977, Salem Congregation, along with community members, formed Historical Salem, Inc., leasing to this independent organization the building for restoration and historic preservation.

Erected in memory of Doris Miller Krabitz (1922-2003) by her family.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 16, 1850.

Location. 39° 17.094′ N, 76° 43.864′ W. Marker is near Catonsville, Maryland, in Baltimore County. It is on Ingleside Road, on the left when traveling north. Just south of route 40 and Ingleside Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 701 Ingleside Ave, Catonsville MD 21228, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and in the Chesapeake Bay Region.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 6-Mile Marker on the National Road (approx. 0.9 miles away); Catonsville Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.9 miles away); Catonsville (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Catonsville Short Line Railroad (approx. 0.9 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. one mile away); Castle Thunder (approx. 1.1 miles away); Catonsville Nine (approx. 1.1 miles away); Baltimore Regional Trail (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Catonsville.

More about this marker. Churchyard is open to the public but the church is not. I parked in the large lot of the office complex just south of the church and walked the few feet to the churchyard

Regarding Old Salem Church and Graveyard. This is a charming little graveyard and little stone church. It's on a busy street now and just feet away from the very busy route 40, but in the churchyard itself it is easy to imagine how it might have been long ago.

Also see . . . Old Salem Church and Cemetery - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form.

The building has had no major changes made and is essentially in the same condition as when it was built, certainly
Photographed by Claire Carton, May 6, 2015

2. Old Salem Church and Graveyard
View from the north
as when the congregation moved to its new building in 1903. It does not have electricity, water, sewer, gas or any modern heating system. Adequate information exists to restore it to its original condition.

(Submitted on November 14, 2024, by Pete Skillman of Townsend, Delaware.)

Additional keywords. German American, Baltimore, cemetery, burial ground, Bavarian, Maisel, Kimmelshue, Bartell, Reitz

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2015, by Claire Carton of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on March 21, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1. submitted on May 6, 2015, by Claire Carton of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on May 8, 2015, by Claire Carton of Baltimore, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.