Garvin Road, Brushton New York - Part 2

I was touring Garvin Road in the town of Moira, just north of the village of Brushton, New York (see also Part 2, posted yesterday). I passed by this traditional farm house and barn. Everything looked cold:

A very large barn and silo, but it appeared as if they were no longer used:

A herd of beef cattle, Herefords and Angus:

A big, ultra modern farm:

And a lovely wooden barn with sheep:

As I neared the highway, I saw this corn crib, all filled for the winter and with wrapped hay bales behind it:

A giant old barn and silos:

Across the road, a prosperous looking farm:

I'd come to the end of Garvin Road and turned onto the highway towards home. But just before I put my camera away, I snapped a photo of this handsome barn and silos:

Garvin Road, Brushton New York - Part 1

My driving tour of County Routes 7 and 8 was not panning out, so I turned onto Garvin Road to return me to the main highway and go home. But I quickly realized that Garvin Road was rural and scenic, just right for photos:

There were snowy fields, littered with farm equipment:

A sugar house, all ready for springtime with a big pile of firewood:

A beautiful, New England style farm house and barn, surrounded by big old Sugar Maples:

A collection of barns, silos and grain bins:

This farm had lots of the "dog houses" in which calves are often raised, but they were empty. In fact, I saw no livestock at all:

A very large, classic barn - but there were lots of places where the cold winds were blowing through it:

Silo, barn, tractor and modern garage:

A traditional farm house and barn. They won't be needing that lawn tractor for another few months yet:

Most of the landscape was flat, open fields, covered with snow and buffeted by the wind. Garvin Road was rather short, but there was a lot to see and photograph. I'll post Part 2 tomorrow:

Franklin County Routes 7 & 8, Town Of Moira New York

I was passing through the area northeast of home when I decided to take a driving tour of a local road. It looked interesting on the map, so I turned north onto County Route 7 in the village of Brushton. I passed by this forlorn, abandoned home and wondered who used to live there:

A small farm with a green barn:

A variety of outbuildings:

At some point (I can't remember where in relation to the photos), I hooked eastward onto County Route 8 and passed this old barn with the colorful, patchwork roof:

I'm not sure what "The Barn" was used for, but I'd guess it was not for livestock:

Another old barn:

This classic scene was typical and, I thought, attractive and homey:

Two barns and a silo:

A farm house with lots of additions and a collection of outbuildings:

A log home, painted mustard yellow:

An old barn whose roof was beginning to collapse and its modern replacement. The farms were few and far between on this road and the sunlight was making photography difficult, so I decided to try elsewhere. I'll post about that tomorrow:

South Woods Road, From Dickinson NY To Brushton NY

I had just taken a driving tour of Franklin County Route 7, a rural road which took me from the town of Brushton to the town of Dickinson (yesterday's post), but the day was still young so I turned north on the South Woods Road, the next road parallel to Route 7, and continued my tour. I realized I'd been here before when I passed Tower Sugar House. I'd stopped here several years ago when they had an open house:

I stopped and looked at this abandoned building, trying to decide if it had been a barn, garage, home or combination. There were no other buildings adjacent to it. Whatever it had once been, it was now a soon to disappear piece of American history:

I passed by this adorable mailbox and had to stop and back up to get its photo. This is easily the best rural mailbox I've ever seen:

This old barn had been kept up nicely and I took note of the grindstone and milk cans with which it was decorated:

A very large, old farm house:

And an exquisite barn with a wooden silo:

A woodsy type home, set back in the trees:

A large home with a magnificent porch:

And out behind the home in the above photo were these outbuildings and a huge pile of firewood. Notice the Tree Gnome face on the maple trunk:

And here's a closeup of the octagon(?) building in the above photo. It appears to be a sugar house for boiling down maple syrup, and the extensive firewood is more evidence to support that theory:

I drove right by these critters and, once again, had to stop and back up to get a photo. Two ponies and two donkeys in a woodland corral:

I was almost back to Brushton and the end of South Woods Road when I stopped to photograph this old cabin. I marveled at the small and simple homes in which our predecessors lived. I am glad that these old, abandoned homes still exist and wish they could be preserved for posterity. But this marked the end of my driving tour. I put my camera away and concentrated on getting to the feed store. I needed more grain for the cattle:

NYS Franklin County Route 7, A Scenic Tour

Our wintry weather continued to hold off and the day's forecast called for rain instead of snow yet again. I decided to take a driving tour and headed east on NYS Route 11 into Franklin County, where I turned south onto County Route 7 in the town of Brushton. It was a lovely, scenic, rural road with history everywhere in evidence:

There were farm homes surrounded by fields and woodsy homes surrounded by trees:

Homes with many additions and extensions to accommodate a growing family:

The above home had these play houses/storage sheds in the back yard - not to mention the old wagon wheel, leaning against a tree, a picnic table and a tent. This is family life in the country:

A very small and very old cabin which no doubt once was home to a farm family:

This old home still seemed to have its original, historic front door:

A lovely old silo and barn, whose roof had been kept in good repair:

This appeared to be someone's former home and barn. It sat alone in a field, exuding history:

Two old concrete silos, one without a roof, and a row of hay bales which also appeared quite old:

I suppose this was once an equipment shed or horse barn. It's hard to tell now, as it sat alone in the rust colored grass:

These appeared to be two modern equipment barns, perhaps belonging to the town or county, but I saw no signs and no activity:

I saw this old home just before the road ended at NYS Route 11B. It did not appear to be inhabited anymore, with the owners living next door in the mobile home, but like the other old homes and barns, it evoked a history which is not as distant as some would suppose. But the day was young, so I decided to do more touring. I'll post about that tomorrow: