Gracious Living In Historic Malone, New York - Part 1

I don't travel to Malone often, and when I do see residential areas of town, I am impressed with the beautiful and well maintained homes and public buildings. First settled in 1802. Malone is historic and home to William Almon Wheeler, Vice-President under Rutherford Hayes. I began my driving photo tour at St. Mark's Episcopal church:

And then simply drove down a street in town, snapping photos of the lovely, historic homes:

The homes were almost universally large and immaculately maintained, with impressive front porches:

And some were brightly painted:

But this one was the most brightly painted of all. Many of the homes had signs out front and this one designated it as "Queen Of The May." I guessed that this was the historic name of the home:

A brick home with an amazing front porch:

Another brick home, this one with a square turret:

Another brightly painted house:

Shaded by the surrounding trees, this home had a wrap-around porch:

You can see why I felt compelled to stop and photograph these beautiful homes:

Not much of a front porch, but a great balcony, and a hint that there may once have been a third floor balcony also:

A brick home with an impressive porch. There was more to see, though, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: