Ken...……… It might be the ugly season but at least we know that better weather is coming.. Lovely pictures...... I noticed that most houses are built close to the road without a large front yard... Actually a small setback.. Are they all like that ?? We here in the country have a long setback and perhaps it is because of the acreage we have.. For example, my house has a 75 foot setback which gives me a long driveway..
I'm not sure if that's the reason but it makes it convenient not to have a large walk to shovel in the winter. The larger yards are in the back. Longer driveways lead to the back but some people, including myself, pretty much shut off the back yards in the winter. Unless we have someone to plow, I usually just shovel enough of the driveway to park the car, whereas in the summer we might park the cars in the back.
These are from another long walk. That's the good thing about losing weight. Once you lose some, you get more energy to do things like walking, which helps you lose more. As for the saloon in these photos, I am pretty sure that he has kept his place open to select regulars despite the closure order. He's the kind of guy who would do that. There are always cars in front and more on the side. The closure was a state thing, so I wouldn't expect the town police to enforce it, and we only see state police here when they are looking for someone, and sometimes on court day, but I think the regional court has been closed too.
The part of town within easy walking distance of me is the old part of town, and a lot of these houses were built by the paper mill. They would build houses for their workers and once the worker put $700 in improvements on the house, it was deeded to them. Some of the bigger ones were originally boarding houses, housing multiple temporary workers. What is still known as the "new development" in Millinocket was built in the 1960s. At that point, I think the mill was deeding the land to employees, and maybe funding a portion of the house, but they weren't building them for them. But yeah, there are some small ones, but most are fairly big.
Our family home here in Jersey was a big place built in the early 1800s. We had a walk in kitchen fire place. I guess it was used for cooking and heating at one time. House was always in need of cleaning. Dusty as all get out. Everything was sealed and my Dad had professionals check it out, but they said with so many windows and chimneys it was inevitable. We loved that big old house though. Tons of room.
Our house had two chimneys when we bought it, although only one of them was connected to anything. I took the one that wasn't in use down, although the part of it leading from the first floor to the second remains. I had an idea of turning it into a laundry chute at one time.