We passed a beautiful old farmhouse with barns near Rye, New Hampahire; however, the only problem is that tragically the farmhouse burned. At this point I don't know the history of the place but it looks quite old:
As usual, click on the images to see the larger sized source image.
Here's a look past the main house at the barns which are undamaged:
I always bring a camera when I go out and prepare to document New England history because, you never know, the next time you pass by, the place you could have photographed may be gone!
Update from flickr member loisj2008 on history of the house - see comment below.
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Now on up the coast to Kittery, Maine, or more specifically to Fort McClary at Kittery Point:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_McClary
Inside the powder house:
May have spotted a ghost!
Under the blockhouse:
Inside the blockhouse and another ghost!
After the fort we took in the sunset at Nubble Light on Cape Neddick, York Maine where they apparently illuminated the Christmas decorations for the first time this season.
The photographers were lying in wait:
And now the illumination in twilight (see Christmas tree inside house):
So sad when a beautiful obviously historic old classic wooden New England house is destroyed by fire-Great advice to always carry a camera and capture images when you can ! Love the light and atmosphere in the two black & white images you posted here.
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A piece of Rye's soul was lost in the early morning on March 22.
Empty and for sale the past two years, the picturesque General Goss farmhouse was gutted by a fire that is under investigation. The 212-year-old white house and connected barn stretch across the Harbor Road property, just west of Ocean Boulevard (Route 1A), part of a special New England setting that includes Rye Harbor and the recently-restored Awcomin Salt Marsh, directly behind the one-time farm. The house had been lived in by the Goss family ever since it was built by Thomas Goss, a Brigadier General of the first Brigade of Militia in N.H. He lived to the age of 90.
In 2007 a Maine developer met with the Rye Planning Board at a conceptual consultation with a plan to subdivide the 9.2 acre parcel (2.4 of which are wetlands), preserving the house and barn but proposing to build five homes with a private road. The response was tepid; he did not return.
The Rye Conservation Commission also had been attempting to obtain the property, according to Chairman Jim Raynes, possibly as a joint preservation project with matching private and conservation funds that would have utilized the house as a bed-and-breakfast.
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Great shots of a fascinating journey up the coast with interesting stops-- You obviously had great light to work with on that late November day in New England.
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