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:

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:

Historic Homes Of Malone, New York - Part 2

I was taking another driving tour of Malone's historic homes (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and stopped at this lovely home for a photo:

This large, brick home had everything - gingerbread trim, balcony, porch, gazebo. It was amazing:

I remembered this home from a driving tour a year or two ago. How could I forget the exquisite painting?

A historic brick home with modern updates:

A huge carriage house out back helped this home to look much as it probably did in the 1800s:

Another fancy paint job and a wonderful, well kept front porch:

The kind of home one might return to for Christmas dinner:

Christmas decorations gave me the impression that children must live in this big home:

Another porte cochere on this impressive home:

I began to drive home but felt compelled to photograph two of Malone's impressive churches. There are more, though, and some day I might try to photograph them all. This one, I believe, was an Episcopal church:

And a Roman Catholic church. The huge home attached to it must have been the rectory:

Historic Homes Of Malone, New York - Part 1

My last driving tour of historic homes in the village of Malone, New York inspired me to return to the road where I'd first seen what, to me, seemed like mansions. I began snapping photos of well kept, historic homes:

This huge, old home had a wrap-around porch and sat up on a hill:

An elaborately painted historic home:

A brick home with an American flag:

An elaborate home, immaculately kept:

I noticed the porch, the flag, the chainsaw eagle and the tree hydrangea - all characteristic of this area:

Notice the second story balcony and covered side entrances:

A chainsaw bear, holding a lantern, stood out front of this very large, well kept home:

Plenty of porch for quiet, small town summer evenings:

A brightly painted home with a porte cochere and a carriage house, not to mention a fireplace:

A smaller home (compared to the others), with a nice porch and a lovely location. There were still many houses to see, so I kept going and will post Part 2 tomorrow: