next time we bury a family member.....

I'm gonna have to take pictures of this freaky grave in that cemetary. (i know i misspelled that.)

it's somewhere in alabama, and half of my family is buried there. Anyway, there's this freaky little grave there with a 4 or 5 year old girl buried in it. the "grave" is a dollhouse, like a real one....with real windows, a real locking door, everything. It's like a munchkin house. and it has carpet inside of it, and it's filled with toys set up like a little girl's room....like a little tea set, a tricycle, lots and lots of porclian dolls, and if I remember correctly it had a small table and chairs in it.

I was told that it was a little girl who died at the turn of the century right before her birthday, and her parents were so broken up about it that they gave her everything she wanted after she had died.

I'm so serious, you people ought to see that thing. it's crazy. Her parent's are buried outside of it. I'm gonna have to snap a couple of pictures of it, just so I can show you how fancy this thing is.

 

That's so sad actually. The parents must have been really grieving.

 

It is sad. but just their level of love and dedication is amazing....I've never seen anything like it before. they built a HOUSE over her. and it's soo cute, but it still gives me the shivers to look inside of it. I'm really surprised too, because the gaveyard is in a bad section of the town and it hasn't been robbed, not even had a window broken out.

 

its creepy..............

 

I'm not all that surprised... even stupid thugs have some respect for the dead, especially children.

 

Yes i would like to see that, that is sad. i hate it when children die.

 

Google is nice.

http://www.alabama-cemetery-preservation.com/ACR09/index.lasso

 

Chicago has several different cemeteries with interesting stories. (http://www.prairieghosts.com/midwest3.html) That dollhouse is pretty odd.

 

therefore, you are amazing!! I tried to find it myself, but I never could come up with anything. still, you've got to see the inside of it. all those toys and all, and it's even got portraits on the walls.

and I found the whole story behind it on another site, it's so sad....but at least you know she was very loved during her short little life.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/040904/nei_alabama.shtml

Four years old in 1933, little Nadine asked her parents, J. Comer and Alma Earles, for a dollhouse for Christmas. Her doting daddy assured her she would have her wish and began building one that autumn in his backyard.


"In November the darling little girl with bouncy brown curls was stricken with diphtheria. The area around the Earles' house was roped off and the family was quarantined. Work on the dollhouse came to a halt.

"As the holidays approached, Nadine's condition grew worse when she developed pneumonia. Hoping to boost her spirits, her parents gave her two early Christmas presents - a china tea set and a life-size doll. When her daddy told her she'd get her dollhouse when she was well, her feisty reply was, 'Daddy, me want it now.'

"On Dec. 18, little Nadine died and her daddy's grief set in. Within days after their daughter's death, her parents pledged to honor her final request by giving her the dollhouse she so desperately desired.

"Mr. Earles hired a contractor and work began on the miniature house situated in the oddest of locations. No corners were cut on the stately brick structure that features custom awnings, chimney, sidewalks, front porch and a retaining wall.

"Inside the dollhouse, which invites visitors to peer through its windows, sits the China tea set and life-size doll Nadine received as early Christmas gifts. There's also a doll buggy, the little girl's tricycle and even a Cabbage Patch doll - testimony to the fact that family members continued to provide presents for Little Nadine through the years.

"Atop a miniature fireplace hearth is a framed photograph of the grinning 4-year-old. "Inscribed on the grave are these words. 'Our Darling Little Girl, Sweetest in the World, Little Nadine Earles. In Heaven we hope to meet. Me want it now.'

 

I'm a Yahoo fan, myself...

 

holy shit.... that's a big fucking dollhouse....

 

you know I tried to go to that site last night, but all I got was the "cannot find server" page. It's too bad that they only have one photo of the inside though. Her grave sits right in the center of it, and there's an old-fashioned picture of her on the wall. Maybe I can dig some more up somewhere.....I mean, when it comes time to bury my grandmother (she's dying from cancer, it can't be treated) I'm sure my mind is not going to be on my camera.

 

thats a little eery.. but the parents obviously loved their daughter a lot

 

wow.. thats really big!!

 

Wow, that's awesome. How nice...

 

my little sister's godparent built one for her. her's was bigger, with a microwave, tv, vcr, everything. she loved that damn thing. it burned during the malibu fires a while back.

 

ok thats really fucking creepy

 

wow thats so sad, my daughter is 5 and i just cant image losing her. im crazy too and would probaly do the same thing as they did. hopefully her spirt gets to play in the dollhouse.

 

So did I and it sucked! I knew there were pics there and couldn't get them!

 

that is really sad in a way. when i was 12, my best friend was killed. she doesnt even have a grave marker. everytime i go to visit her the cemetary people have to look up where her grave plot is and find it for me. maybe i should get her a dollhouse

awww im going to cry now...