Oak Lawn Cemetery
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Oak Lawn Cemetery

Also known as Oaklawn Cemetery

Eastpoint, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA

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Located in East Baltimore, Oak Lawn Cemetery was founded in 1903 by Maryland State Senator James Young, who became the cemetery council's first president. Young has a statue marker in this cemetery erected in his honor. At the entrance of the cemetery is a bronze plaque on a wall honoring Thomas Gorsuch Young, the son of Senator Young and past-president of the cemetery council. Both men are actually buried in Green Mount Cemetery in their family's plot. Today, Oak Lawn Cemetery has 103 gently-rolling acres, which are manicured with evergreen trees and thousands of final resting places. Upright markers of pink or white marble can be found in some sections of the cemetery while newer sections have flat-modern markers. Besides the many grave sites, the cemetery has three Mausoleums: The Chapel, the Garden Chapel, the Cathedral, where cremated ashes can be found in glass-fronted niches. In 1935 the remains of 2,777 graves from the Old Methodist Burying Ground were moved and re-interred in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in mainly unmarked graves. To mark these unmarked graves, a large boulder was placed on the site with a plaque reading "Replica of the Old Methodist "Burying Ground" on Philadelphia Road, established 1830-relocated here in 1935." In a star-shaped garden in the center of a traffic circle, there is an American flag flying over five granite markers with large bronze medallions recognizing each war the United States has been involved since World War I. The cemetery is closed on Sunday.
Located in East Baltimore, Oak Lawn Cemetery was founded in 1903 by Maryland State Senator James Young, who became the cemetery council's first president. Young has a statue marker in this cemetery erected in his honor. At the entrance of the cemetery is a bronze plaque on a wall honoring Thomas Gorsuch Young, the son of Senator Young and past-president of the cemetery council. Both men are actually buried in Green Mount Cemetery in their family's plot. Today, Oak Lawn Cemetery has 103 gently-rolling acres, which are manicured with evergreen trees and thousands of final resting places. Upright markers of pink or white marble can be found in some sections of the cemetery while newer sections have flat-modern markers. Besides the many grave sites, the cemetery has three Mausoleums: The Chapel, the Garden Chapel, the Cathedral, where cremated ashes can be found in glass-fronted niches. In 1935 the remains of 2,777 graves from the Old Methodist Burying Ground were moved and re-interred in the Oak Lawn Cemetery in mainly unmarked graves. To mark these unmarked graves, a large boulder was placed on the site with a plaque reading "Replica of the Old Methodist "Burying Ground" on Philadelphia Road, established 1830-relocated here in 1935." In a star-shaped garden in the center of a traffic circle, there is an American flag flying over five granite markers with large bronze medallions recognizing each war the United States has been involved since World War I. The cemetery is closed on Sunday.

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