Spring Grove Cemetary
Ξ March 16th, 2008 | → | ∇ Paranormal Worlds |
Located just outside of the industrial belt surrounding downtown Cincinnati, near Northside and Clifton, and about a 5 minute drive from where I grew up, Spring Grove Cemetary is a well-known Victorian era cemetary, housing many prominent Cincinnatians. Of course there is the usual haunting lore of ghost dogs, eyes in a headstone, and who knows what other silliness. It’s a creepily beautiful place with gothic overtones (see chapel photos below) situated around small ponds with geese and ducks, and a huge variety of trees and plants year round.
Check out the photos below from a visit on a cloudy, rainy afternoon, feel free to use the large photos for desktop backgrounds or as you please. (click on pictures for full size)
The ground there is very uneven and I really didn’t take the time to angle the camera to make things appear to look level.
I did get one good orb photo out of nowhere, as this is the only anamoly that showed up in a few dozen photos. It’s quite large, appears to possibly be going upwards, and has the classic shapes inside it (however fuzzy) etc…, Oh well it’s an orb.
The photo above is the Dexter Mausoleum, a miniature of the Paris’ Sainte-Chapelle, designed by James Keys Wilson. Edmond Dexter is one of those buried in here, he hosted Charles Dickens in his home, at 4th and Broadway, in 1842. The Dexter’s, for whatever reason, wanted their mausoleum erected here, despite the spot already being purchased by superintendent Strauch, who wanted his family buried there. The dispute was settled later by the cemetary board, giving Strauch the island in Geyser Lake, which is named after him. The detailed gothic structure was built from 1865-1869 for $100,000, by Joseph Foster of Cincinnati. There are 12 catacombs on the lower level that serves as a vault, with a chapel above. The chapel is notoriously difficult to maintain.
I believe he is one of the, if not thee, founder of the Cincinnati Art Museum? (Charles West) He sits right next to the gothic chapel.
This is the infamous grave stone of “C.C. Breuer,” the lore surrounding this one, is that his eyes will move or follow you.
As you can see, his eyes appear to be made of glass and look very realistic. Put up against the stained and deteroiorating state of the rock around them, you can see why they stand out, and why people would exaggerate.
More of the chapel/masoleum photos below.
A forgotten flat grave stone of a female from long ago.
