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:

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:

A Small Town Christmas - Part 2

I was taking a driving tour of historic homes in the small town of Malone, New York (see also Part 1, posted yesterday) and came upon this house with an elaborate stone porch:

This very large home was quite elaborate:

I can only guess, but I supposed that this home had extra windows added during a restoration:

A mustard colored house which had, like most of them, a large fireplace chimney and a front porch. The Christmas garland and snow helped continue the holiday theme:

A smaller house with elaborate trim:

No need for extra Christmas decorations when your home is green and red:

I thought that this home looked to be of recent construction, but then decided that it had instead just been restored. It looked just right for a family to return to for Christmas:

A simpler house, but still it showed some fancy trim from its original construction:

A comfortable, friendly looking home:

Another large fireplace chimney;

A hip roof, a front porch and a carriage house out back:

My last photo of the day was of this peach colored home. I kept thinking how the town of Malone looked like a scene from a Christmas movie: