Ghosts of Leakin Park - Baltimore, Maryland

GLP Banner Image Mock Fort Orianda Mansion Water Wheel Bollman Truss Bridge Martin House

Leakin Park, rife with its mysterious dark history and haunting intrigue, is filled with artifacts,and the flotsam and jetsam of yesteryear. The park played host to a wealthy Winan family's Crimea estate, several mills, the Mt. Holly Inn, an old trolley line, two cemeteries, a Bollman Truss bridge, and the home of the Dr. Jesse William Lazear, who cured yellow fever. If you want to spend an afternoon poking around, feel free to click on the map to see what neat stuff can be found in the forest if you dare venture off-trail. Have fun searching for yesterday's debris.

Click on this link Ghosts of Leakin Park to use this in Google Maps for your Droid, Verizon or Blackberry

Index
Artifacts
Barbecues LocationInformation Martin HouseLocationInformation
Baseball FieldLocationInformation Mill RaceLocationInformation
Bergner Mansion LocationInformation Mock FortLocationInformation
Bollman Truss Bridge MarkerLocationInformation Mt. Calvary AME Baptist ChurchLocationInformation
Burial Mounds LocationInformation Norman Van Allan Reeves MarkerLocationInformation
Cemetery of Leakin Park LocationInformation Old BathroomLocationInformation
Eagles at the EntranceLocationInformation Orianda House - Crimea EstateLocationInformation
Former Hotel Site Mt. Holly InnLocationInformation Pumping StationLocationInformation
Forlorn Little Picnic TableLocationInformation Secret Tent SiteLocationInformation
Foundation of Caretaker's HouseLocationInformation SpringsLocationInformation
Giant SundialLocationInformation Tiny Bridge in the WoodsLocationInformation
Hodnot FarmLocationInformation Tschudi CemeteryLocationInformation
Honeymoon CottageLocationInformation Trolly Street Car Lorraine LineLocationInformation
Horse Stable RuinsLocationInformation Utility BuildingLocationInformation
Jastrow ShelterLocationInformation Water TankLocationInformation
Jerome Sloman MemorialLocationInformation Water WheelLocation Information
Light Post on the Windsor Mill BridgeLocationInformation Windsor Mill Place Mansion SiteLocationInformation
Winterbourne MansionLocationInformation


Smarthphone and Garmin/DeLorme/Magellan Users

You can go to the Alltrail site to get these placemarks in a waypoint file format to download on your GPS handheld in a gpx file. You can also use the Alltrail site to use these placemarks with an iPhone applications. Just click on the Alltrail map here then scroll down and view the pane on the right hand side and follow the instructions.

Most of the information published here comes from discussions I have had with Rick Smith over at Friends of Orianda House or Heide Grundmann with Friends of Gwynns Fall Leakin Park.

If you want a GPS-friendly trail map for Leakin Park that will assist when you find these artifacts you can click on this Leakin Park Gwynns Falls Trail Map.

If you are interested in learning more about the bodies that have been left in Leakin Park you might visit the Bodies of Leakin Park site.

If you like this site you might also like its sister site Ghosts of Druid Hill Park.
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3 comments:

Georgee said...

Francis, son of John and Rosemary, Born 1813 died May 20, 1865, is listed on your information page for the cemetery. I haven't seen a stone there with this inscription. Can you describe where this stone is relative to one of the other markers? Or if Francis's information came from another source could you please describe the source? Thanks!

Cham said...

It's been almost 10 years since I researched this project. I probably noticed the marker and wrote it down in my notes. However, time passes and something may have happened to that gravestone. You may consider consulting with the Friends of Gwynns Falls and Leakin Park as they are very careful with their historic notes and can tell you more.

https://friendsofgwynnsfallsleakinpark.org/

Anonymous said...

I've had a interest in urban exploration for a while now, & when I see researchers do stuff like you're doing, my respect grows much deeper. Keep up the good work.