Baker Road, Towns Of Malone And Bangor, New York

I had just toured Limekiln Road in the town of Malone, but decided to turn onto Baker Road and head toward the town of Bangor on my way home. This small, abandoned house stood at the intersection of the two roads:


Baker Road looked far less suburban and less prosperous than Limekiln Road, but there were still farms along the road:

A silo and grain bin by this dairy barn, with lots of haylage bales out front:

This was the farm house which accompanied the above barn:

A barn with blue siding and a house with blue roofing. Notice the silo on the right and grain bin on the left of the barn:

I could tell that this barn once held dairy goats by the painting on its front wall. Because the snow was not plowed, however, I could also tell it wasn't used any more:

A very dark colored barn, again with the snow not plowed:

The house which went with the brown barn was built of perfectly cut, light colored stone. I'd love to know the story of that historic house:

This abandoned structure might have been a former house or a former barn - I couldn't tell. There was also an abandoned boat nearby, though, so my guess was that it used to be a home. But this was the last picture I took on Baker Road, so I put my camera away and concentrated on getting home to take care of my animals:

Baker Road In Bangor, New York

Note: Real winter arrived here yesterday and we are getting a wind/snow/ice storm right now - but I had these warmer weather posts already in the pipeline. Sigh. I wish the weather depicted in these posts would have lasted.

Sunny days, unseasonably warm temperatures - could this possibly have been the north country in December? Yes it could, and I planned to use one morning of it to see some lovely rural scenery. I drove east on NY Route 11B to the town of Bangor, and turned right onto rural Baker Road:

There were several old stone homes on Baker Road:

Another view of the above home, this one also showing its barn:

There was this old shack with a chimney, all by itself. Could it possibly once have been a home? It seemed too small:

An old cemetery, well groomed but without any driveway entrance that I could find:

And gravestones which were quite old, such as this one, dated 1811:

Another stone house:

This barn/garage was notable for the mural of colorful farm animals on its front wall:

A major farm with an old fashioned look to it:

And in case you wanted a better look at that blue barn and silo (as did I). here is a full frontal:

Another old farm house, barn and silo:

I came to an intersection with this very small, old, abandoned home. I turned around there and headed back to a side road which I planned to travel on my way back home. But I'll post about that tomorrow: