Fine Old Homes In A North Country College Town - Part 2

I was taking a driving photo tour of some of the impressive old homes in Potsdam, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday). This beauty had a matching carriage house out back:

I had to turn when I came to the lovely Grass River. Folks who live in Potsdam have access to the river all the time:

A very large old home behind big trees:

This big home had everything:

Another beauty. Have you noticed that most of these homes have fireplaces? They come with the territory:

Porches, front and back:

A large home with White Birches out front:

Green and white with porches, turrets and trees all around:

A lovely brick home with gingerbread trim:

This home was larger than it at first appeared:

Another fireplace, another carriage house, another porch (glassed in):

Comfortable chairs on the porch for summertime use:

I was on my way home and on the village outskirts when I snapped this final photo. It too was big and beautiful:

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:

Small Town Living In North Lawrence, NY - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of tiny, scenic North Lawrence, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and came to this historic brick farm house with a wooden addition plus an old red barn:

As I entered the cluster of homes and businesses which is North Lawrence proper, I came to this attractive home with a lovely carriage house, now a two door garage:

A plain home, all surrounded by snow:

A fancier home with woods in the background:

A farm house with outbuildings:

This lovely home had a "For Sale" out front, so I looked it up when I got home. It was listed for $79,900 and had four bedrooms and one and a half baths. This would look like a super bargain for people in most of the country, and you can see the photos, both inside and outside, by clicking here:

An enclosed front porch and a garage:

A brick house in the hamlet of North Lawrence:

It appeared that this home had an apartment in the upper floor:

A basketball hoop right on the street, something which can be done safely in such a small town with little traffic:

The St. Lawrence Roman Catholic Church:

A lovely, L-shaped home:

A green home:

A typical home with enclosed porch, addition and garage:

And then I came to another house for sale, so I looked this one up also when I got home, and learned that it was more expensive than the former house. It is offered at $96,900, with three bedrooms and one and a half baths. You can see the photos, both inside and outside, by clicking here. I'll post Part 3 of my driving tour tomorrow:

County Route 44, Between Madrid and Waddington, NY - Part 1

I left the village of Waddington, NY and headed southeast on county Route 44 toward home. Stopping to take pictures made getting home slow, but the rural scenery was too nice for me to do otherwise:

The homes quickly became more rural as I left Waddington:

This farm was rather far off the road and I had to use my zoom lens - but the trees, snow, weathered wood and old barn made it look beautiful to me:

A lovely home, set behind trees and with a barn in the back:

This appeared to be a brick home, currently unoccupied:

A logging operation. Many of the logs were too small to be for lumber, so I assumed they were for firewood:

A silo, barn, farm house and garage, set back behind a snowy field:

A brick farm house:

This farm appeared to be large and successful:

A cluster of silos, though the tree blocked my view so I couldn't count them:

Another brick farm house. This is country living at its finest:

Miscellaneous farm equipment, spread out between a fence line and a woodlot. But there was more to see yet, and I'll post Part 2 tomorrow: