On The Waterfront - Waddington, New York - Part 3

I was touring Waddington, New York on St. Lawrence Ave, which paralleled the St. Lawrence River (see also Part 2, posted yesterday). The homes were spectacular:

And there were spaces without homes, like this one. I saw a sign which said this was Island View Park, explaining why the river looked more narrow here. The other shore was an island, not the Canada mainland:

This home reminded me of Cape Cod:

A children's play house, slide and swings on the riverbank. I was beginning to think that Waddington must be an expensive place to live, so I checked real estate listings when I got home. I saw a nice home on St. Lawrence Ave. which sold in 2017 for $135,000. I think most people in this country would consider that a bargain price, all things considered. If you'd like to see it, click here:

A modern home, also on the river's edge:

A large and impressive home, right on the water. I saw no boats, but I did see lots of floating docks, pulled up onto the shore for the winter. I'm guessing that someone has a good business, storing people's boats in a large barn each winter:

I returned to the big picnic pavilion:

And turned again up Main Street. The Community Bank was on the corner, and people were coming and going:

There were more commercial buildings, well kept but appearing empty. Notice that top row of unusual windows:

And this impressive stone house:

The  U.S. Post Office, perhaps with apartments upstairs:

 I was on my way out of Waddington when I again passed the Tourist Information and Town Museum building, this time getting a side view. I noticed that it had four tiny church models, illustrating the four church buildings in town. I don't know if they were big enough for kids to play in or not, but they were cute:

It was time to return home, so I turned back onto the county road at the Kunoco gas station and convenience store, stopping first to fill my gas tank:

On The Waterfront - Waddington, New York - Part 1

I've wanted to go visit the village of Waddington ever since I moved here. It's right on the mighty St. Lawrence River and hosts bass and carp fishing tournaments each summer. So one day I decided I'd procrastinated long enough. I hopped into the car and drove to Waddington. I knew I was there when I saw the old fashioned water tower:

There were more homes than I'd expected - nice homes, well kept - but I was looking for the business district:

I came to a highway and there saw the impressive, stone St. Mary's Catholic church:

And more homes, of course. There seemed to be more snow than I had at home, but that may simply have been because the houses were closer together and there was less room for the plows to push the snow:

I found St. Paul's Episcopal church, another impressive stone structure:

I thought this might be a church but instead, I learned that it was the Tourist Information and Town Museum building:

There were more brick homes than I usually see around here, and I began to conclude that Waddington was an upscale residential community:

Some homes were clearly historic:

I turned down Main Street, toward the St. Lawrence shore and passed the Waddington Hepburn Library:

The John C. Moore Museum looked like it was closed, but most town museums close for the winter to save heating costs. Or maybe the museum had been moved to the big stone building I'd seen earlier:

A lovely Victorian:

This appeared to be a historic stone home with improvements and an addition:

"A Touch Of Icing" coffee shoppe and cakery. But I was just getting started and will post Part 2 tomorrow:

The Border Town Of Fort Covington, New York - Part 4

I had been driving around the border town of Fort Covington (see also Parts 1, 2 and 3 posted previously) and enjoying it so much that I didn't want to quit. The houses were lovely, the people were nice and the traffic in the business district was bustling:

A historic stone house with a sign reading "Law Office:"

A Presbyterian church:

And another brick house with gingerbread trim, this one with an amazing screened porch and stone pillars out front:

A house with a new metal roof:

Another brick house with gingerbread trim:

I can't explain why, but it seemed important to me to get a photo of the Italian Delight pizza shop on the main street of town, so much so that I had to make a number of passes. The traffic was so busy that I had trouble stopping to take a picture. I finally turned onto a side street and used my zoom lens:

A lovely home with Christmas decorations:

I don't know my house styles, but I'd call this a colonial with Canadian influences:

My last picture of the day was of this brick home, set behind big, old maples. Fort Covington looked to me to be one of the nicest towns in the north country and I sure enjoyed my tour. I hope you did also:

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:

Scenic, Rural Bangor Road - Part 1

I was once again on my way to the Walmart in Malone, New York when I decided to detour down a scenic rural road for a driving photo tour. I chose Franklin County Route 53, which runs between West Bangor and North Bangor, New York. I turned off of the highway at the former Mallettes Garage:

And across the road from the garage was Fat Bob's Deli. I've stopped there several times for a coffee or sandwich as I passed by:

Bangor is close enough to Malone to be considered a sort of suburb, so I wasn't surprised at first that I saw few farms. This lovely old house, however, still had a traditional barn behind it:

I couldn't tell if this was an old barn which had been remodeled or a newly constructed barn to be used as a garage. Either way, I liked it:

A historic looking brick home with stucco, and horses out back:

A stunning house which an architect friend told me showed a Canadian influence:

This home may have been a building which had been repurposed, but what I liked was the collection of bird houses and feeders on the two posts, and on the ropes between them:

A comfortable farm house with a former barn, now a garage, out back:

I saw a number of stone houses along the way. This one sat up on a hill, overlooking the rural scenery:

Another stone home, this one all fixed up and modernized:

I turned off onto Mill Road, a very short, dead-end street, just to see what was there. I was not disappointed with the first home I photographed, a rambling old home with a large carriage house out back. There was more to see still on Mill Road and the main road, County Route 53, and I'll more post photos tomorrow, in Part 2: