Old Abandoned Buildings of Northern New York page 6

Taken on 05/31/05, picture courtesy of ScannerMan
House, County Route 189, hamlet of Lorraine

According to 'MidnightMoose' this house is being renovated.

Taken on 06/05/05, picture courtesy of ScannerMan
Top of first State Street Hill

RollingMarch writes "Lately as I've gone up and down State St hill (near Watertown) I've noticed the barn has been fixed up. Haven't seen any action on the house yet tho."

Taken on 06/15/05
Remains of old mill outside of Herrings
There are a number of buildings and ruins, but it is well grown over and surrounded by fencing so I could not get very good shots.

Note - much of the brush has now been cleared, see this page for clearer pictures.

Taken on 06/15/05
Remains of old mill outside of Herrings

Note - much of the brush has now been cleared, see this page for clearer pictures.

Taken on 06/15/05
A very old house between Copenhagen and Carthage, on Route 12
The barn seemed to be much newer and partially in use and well-kept, possibly by local Amish?

On 3/25/12 Bzzzcat wrote "What is that anomaly in the sky to the left of the house? It looks like a ghost. A flapper perhaps."
Webmaster note - I belive this was a reflection off the window of the car I took this through.

Taken in late 1990's
Flooded remains of old mine, White Rock Quarry, between Natural Bridge and old Lewisburg. Called Quarry Pond .
In the Fall of 1906 the lime quarry had been in use for a number of years and had been excavated to sixty feet. While more digging was being done a wall fell, revealing an opening ten feet wide and four feet tall and twenty feet deep. The hole was filled with giant calcite crystals, some as large as nine feet tall, the largest ever found. New York State's assistant state geologist was contacted and a project was put together to careful remove the crystals and move them to Albany, where they were displayed in the New York State Museum’s Crystal Cave exhibit. During the late 1930's the mining had dug well below the water table and the mine was quickly flooded with water. In more modern times Lewis County rescue divers went to the quarry to practice their skills, and found the opening of the Crystal Cave, as well as a wooden platform inside it - probably used to carefully remove the crystals for shipping to Albany. They also found the remains of an old car, a flywheel for a steam shovel, a system of railroad tracks, and a railroad car. This location is now a protected historic site.
See also "Remains of Smelter" on page 4. For the history of Lewisburg and other lost villages see the Jeffco history page.

Google satellite photo of the pond (upper one in photo)

Jacks S. writes "This is where the Rose Grotto was found the crystals were removed to the state museum in Albany. The mine is 100 feet deep and the last blast opened a spring three days later the mine was flooded."

Taken on 07/22/05
Remains of a farm on Dickson Rd, in Jefferson County near the border of St. Lawrence County

Taken on 07/22/05
Old schoolhouse, looks like it may have been a church at one time. Corner of Pikes Road, in St. Lawrence County near Spragueville

From cshym74 (via Flickr.com): "Good shot of rural decay..."

From elisabethshroyer (via Flickr.com): "Awesome building!"

From d. force: "This was a schoolhouse, my mother who was born in 1932 attended this school when she was a child. I grew up in this town named Spragueville."

On 6/29/12 Key writes "I don't believe the old school house was ever a church. My neighbor went to school there back in the late 20's and 30's."

Taken on 07/22/05
Burned out old barn, Quarry Road outside of Gouverneur

Taken on 07/22/05
Old house, part of an old farm, on County Route 25, in St. Lawrence County near border of Jefferson. The barn (not shown) was still being used to store hay

Taken on 08/29/05
Old barn, on Route 12E between Clayton and Alex Bay

Taken on 08/29/05
House on Route 180 near Omar

Taken on 08/29/05
County Route 13 near Omar

Taken on 08/29/05
County Route 13 near Omar, near CR3 (?)