A Small Town Christmas - Part 1

A while back, I photographed some large, historic homes in Malone, New York. I've intended to go back and photograph more such mansions ever since. I finally did so, but these homes were not quite as grand as the former post. Nonetheless, they were beautiful, historic homes surrounded by giant old trees. All covered with snow and just before Christmas, I thought that they illustrated an old fashioned, small town Christmas:

Malone is a historic settlement and former home to William Wheeler, U.S. Vice President from 1877 to 1881. From what I've seen, most of these homes were standing then:

Big spruce trees, wrap-around porches, screen doors, small town life:

A stone porch and a tree, covered with both red berries and snow:

A perfect porch for greeting the neighbors as they stroll down the street or kids as they throw snowballs:

Brightly colored and looking inviting for Christmas:

A formal looking house in lime green:

An even more formal looking house, this one with huge pillars and a balcony. The Christmas decorations helped with my holiday mood:

This house had a sign which identified it as "The Hale House." The date on it was hard to read on my photo, but I think it said it was built about 1880:

More formal white pillars:

I called this a gingerbread house for Christmas:

Holiday decorations helped brighten up this home, which was larger than it at first appeared. I took more photos and I'll post them tomorrow in Part 2: