Small Town Living In North Lawrence, NY - Part 1

North Lawrence is a tiny community near me and I found this photo on a local Facebook page. It inspired me to take another driving tour there. Of course this picture was taken in autumn and my driving tour was in winter, but you can see how pleasant small town life can be:

The Google Earth view of North Lawrence:

The township of Lawrence, New York includes the tiny, rural hamlets of Lawrenceville and North Lawrence. I began in Lawrenceville and stopped at this old, unused barn for my first photo:

A huge old barn and silo along the highway:

It appeared to me that this old barn was formerly used for winter boat storage, and of course probably for livestock before that. Now it appears to be unused:

I arrived at the intersection of Route 11C, a state highway little used except for local traffic. But before turning north onto 11C, I stopped to photograph this old, abandoned farm house:

I'd gone past my turn in order to take the above photo, so I pulled into the driveway of the old farm house and was surprised to see the old barn which sat behind it:

But then I turned north north onto Route 11C and began snapping photos of the farms and rural homes on my way into North Lawrence. All of these places would have had the mailing address of North Lawrence:

This gigantic old barn always amazes me when I pass by it. I'd love to see inside it, but only in the summertime - not in this cold weather:

An old farm house with smoke coming out of its chimney - and a former carriage house, now a two door garage:

This is comfortable, scenic country living:

There was a cemetery in North Lawrence which, I deduced from the signs, was actually two cemeteries. This one was the Maple Grove Cemetery:

And adjacent to it, with no dividing barrier that I could see, was the St. Lawrence Cemetery. The Catholic church in North Lawrence was called St. Lawrence Church, so I guessed this was their cemetery:

This horse farm appeared to be new, or perhaps I'd just never noticed the sign before. The barn looked both new and expensive. The sign said it was

NATURAL HORSE LOVER FARM

HOLISTIC CARE & EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE AND ANIMALS

The sign gave their website address, so I checked it out. You can see the page with all the photos by clicking here:

 

I passed this old farm house, also with smoke coming from a wood stove, and its red barn out back. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: