The following is the remains of a house located West of the cemetery. It is less than a five minute walk and a detailed map on how to get there will be made in the future. What you are seeing on the right is a water well. The picture below is the remains to the foundation of the house. As you can see, it is very hard to make out where the actual foundation is located. For a better view click on the photo itself.

   Although there are now a few maps known which indicate the ownership of the land around Batchelors Grove cemetery, the first

map brought to our attention which gives us an idea as to who may have owned the house was sent in by Sharon Coyle of Oak Forest, Illinois. It was created by Hyacinth Wrehsnig and obtained from the periodical 1892-1992: The History of Oak Forest, Illinois (which you can view here). Given that the property the house is located on was owned my various persons it is not clear as to who actually built it. So far only two people has been found being Edward M. Everden and Frederick Schmidt. Under closer observation of the map by Brad L. Bettenhausen of the Tinley Park Historical Society, it is now known that James Fullerton was not the actual person owning the house as stated in the past. Please be safe when visiting the area and treat it with respect.

   For the only document on paper found so far verifying that two homes were in fact built within the five minute walk West of Batchelors Grove cemetery click here.

   At the time these photos were taken the well was about 2-3 feet deep. Some people that were out there decided there was a possibility that it had a hollow spot to it under the rocks and dirt and that meant it could pose as a danger for people visiting there. They were into cave and rock climbing and had the right equipment to climb into the hole and still be safe, so they went ahead and tried to prove whether or not it was true. As it turned out there was no hollow spot found after five hours of digging. But be thankful that someone out there was looking  into this.