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3620 Wilkens Avenue/3801 Frederick Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21229
410-368-5033
Cemetery Website: http://www.loudon-park.com/
This cemetery was opened in 1853. It was Incorporated in 1852 and is one of the largest public cemeteries in Baltimore. It was opened on the estate of James Carey, a city councilman and founder of the Maryland National Bank. He called the estate, "Loudon". It is on 300 acres. It actually was the location of the first crematorium in Maryland (1889). There is a National Military Cemetery on this cite, as well as a 'Government Lot', acquired around 1861 and where the remains of 2300 Union soldiers rest. There is also a 'Confederate Hill' where approximately 275 Confederate soldiers are buried. The military cemetery was very accessible and received the remains of soldiers by rail via the Pennsylvania Railway or on the 'Delores', a hearse trolley car that used the city lines. Veterans' graves distinguish Loudon. The plots for many of the soldiers when lot owners donated their lots, which were exchanged making the section uniform and for the soldiers alone.
There is a statue of a Confederate Soldier be guarded by two angels. The sculptor was Adalsbert Volck and it was completed in 1870. Another monument to mothers and widows was erected by the Ladies Confederate Memorial and Aid Society.
There were several public cemeteries that closed and the remains were moved to Loudon Park, including the old St. Peter's and Zion graveyards, which both lost land to city construction.
Photos taken 8-4-2010 & 11-11-2010 & 6-15.2013 & 8-30-2013
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