Fine Old Homes In A North Country College Town - Part 1

Potsdam, New York is a cultural and educational hub for the north country. It was first settled in 1803 and is now home to three universities - State University of New York (SUNY) at Potsdam, Clarkson University, and St. Lawrence University. The village also has many fine, old homes in excellent condition. I had gone to the emergency room for a TIA (turned out to not be too serious), and decided to take some photos of the nearby homes after I was released. That's part of the hospital in the background of this photo:

The houses in this part of Potsdam are lovely, and almost all have porches. This one also had a turret:

Now this home certainly has a fine porch to come home to:

As you can see, L-shaped porches are popular here:

And most of these old homes are huge:

A brick home with no porch, though it might have had one in the rear:

A lovely home behind big trees and a picket fence:

This porch had been screened in for bug-free comfort in the summertime. Notice the carriage house in the back, another common feature of many of these homes:

I didn't know what this style home wass called, but houses in this style always remind me of Winslow Homer's "American Gothic:" I looked it up and learned the house style is properly called "Carpenter Gothic:"

A green home with a gracefully curved wrap-around porch:

I thought that was a big cat on the porch, but it turned out to be a dead potted plant:

A smaller house with a porch and carriage house:

This elegant home was almost hidden behind large trees. I was just getting started on my photo tour, though, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: