Lovely West Stockholm, New York - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of beautiful, small town West Stockholm, New York (see Part 1 in yesterday's post) and had reached the center of the hamlet where the west branch of the St. Regis River flows through, spanned by a bridge on the county road. The Post Office was so busy that I had difficulty finding a moment to snap a photo. Cars kept pulling in and leaving as local folks picked up and dropped off their mail. The flag was at half mast because of a serviceman who had just been killed in Afghanistan:

And then, right across the road from the St. Regis River, was this spectacular home built largely out of Potsdam Red Sandstone. This was the house which had riveted my attention as I passed through the previous day. This was the house which inspired me to return and take some photos. It reminded me of rural Connecticut. Actually, a great deal of West Stockholm reminded me of the Connecticut countryside:

A formal brick home with a large, traditional barn/carriage house out back which had been converted to a garage:

Both Potsdam Red Sandstone and brick on one house:

A person could be forgiven for oohing and aahing over such a country estate. This was simply spectacular, at least for a one such as myself who loves country living:

Another old farm house and barn, now modernized but with all its old country charm intact:

No, this is not the same place as the one two previous photos ago, though it sure looks like it. I had to scroll back and forth making comparisons to assure myself it wasn't the same place. But all the superlatives used on the previous house apply here as well:

I'd driven out of the center of town just a bit but then returned. I turned left here and headed back toward the highway:

And on the way continued to pass very fine, well kept homes:

But this stopped me in my tracks. Was this an old church? An old school house? It was for sale, so I looked it up when I got home. It was an old school house which had been converted into a two family home and was for sale for $85,000. If it's still unsold when this posts, you can view the listing here and here:

Of course there was a traditional white church with a steeple:

And more houses with impressive porches and Christmas decorations. But I was almost to the highway and had a lot of shopping to do at Wal-Mart, so I put my camera away and focused on the task at hand: