It’s always good to be prepared, and for Adolphus Cooke, that meant building his father’s mausoleum in the shape of a beehive. He believed dad would be reincarnated as a bee and had his tomb designed with a hole in the top so he could fly out in his next life. Also buried in the tomb is the family nurse… no one is sure if she planned to go the insect route as well. Adolphus believed he’d be back as a fox, so became known for the network of foxholes he dug around his expansive property.
The cemetery surrounds the ruins of St John the Baptist church which is in off the road and overgrown in the forest.
- Nobody Home: St John the Baptist Church
- National Register of Architectural Heritage: Cooke Mausoleum
Written by Corey Taratuta
Corey hosts the Irish Fireside podcast and blog which has been named Best Blog of the Diaspora by the Irish Web Awards. His work has appeared on Google Field Trip, www.Lonely Planet.com, National Public Radio, www.WanderingEducators.com, www.BritMums.com, www.DiscoveryWorld.org, and elsewhere. His web community has been named finalist for the People’s Choice Podcast Awards and Irish Blog Awards, and his Irish travel program has ranked in the iTunes Top 50 Travel Podcasts. Corey’s Tips | Website
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