Seneca Falls

Seneca Falls, a small town with lots of history and architecture. These old homes have plenty of history and ornate decorations on them. Some have widow walks or crows nest on top. Most times when you see these the houses are close to the sea, but with the lakes and the shipping that ran in the canals maybe this area had it share of tragedy on the waters too. Most of these homes have been restored and are lived in. There are probably a few that are homes for the summer as many families come out of the City of NY to enjoy the country and get out of the heat. However it was a fairly warm a few days this past week, but not stifling hot as it could be in a city. The pink flowers in one of the pictures are called Pink Lady or naked lily, they are just the flower and no green leaves. Unusual, but we have seen them in many places this summer. What we thought was an old train station was actually a feed store, now the police department and the train station is across the street. The store in the last of the pictures has been around since the 1850's as were most of the houses that were built. The railroad came to this town in the 1850's and the train still runs through town once or twice a day. The side walks are of slate, was quite unusual and trying to remember where we had seen them before. No were not house hunting, but we had the houses of Carmel in July now the houses of Seneca Falls for September.