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.
Index
Artifacts
Barbecues | Location | Information | Martin House | Location | Information |
Baseball Field | Location | Information | Mill Race | Location | Information |
Bergner Mansion | Location | Information | Mock Fort | Location | Information |
Bollman Truss Bridge Marker | Location | Information | Mt. Calvary AME Baptist Church | Location | Information |
Burial Mounds | Location | Information | Norman Van Allan Reeves Marker | Location | Information |
Cemetery of Leakin Park | Location | Information | Old Bathroom | Location | Information |
Eagles at the Entrance | Location | Information | Orianda House - Crimea Estate | Location | Information |
Former Hotel Site Mt. Holly Inn | Location | Information | Pumping Station | Location | Information |
Forlorn Little Picnic Table | Location | Information | Secret Tent Site | Location | Information |
Foundation of Caretaker's House | Location | Information | Springs | Location | Information |
Giant Sundial | Location | Information | Tiny Bridge in the Woods | Location | Information |
Hodnot Farm | Location | Information | Tschudi Cemetery | Location | Information |
Honeymoon Cottage | Location | Information | Trolly Street Car Lorraine Line | Location | Information |
Horse Stable Ruins | Location | Information | Utility Building | Location | Information |
Jastrow Shelter | Location | Information | Water Tank | Location | Information |
Jerome Sloman Memorial | Location | Information | Water Wheel | Location | Information |
Light Post on the Windsor Mill Bridge | Location | Information | Windsor Mill Place Mansion Site | Location | Information |
Winterbourne Mansion | Location | Information |
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:
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!
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/
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.
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