This is a photo of the home of Nathan and Mary McClain on their farm in North Albany.

This house sat across North Albany Road from where Quarry Road “T-s” into it. Sadly it was demolished about 2006.

The house was on a reasonably steep slope, which is why the downhill side of the house (facing the camera) seems so far off the ground.

I don’t know whether that is wisteria or some other vine that has enveloped the front porch. And there seems to be another vine (whether the same or different) growing up the side of the house. Some other vine (sweet peas, maybe?) has been strung up in front below the wisteria (or whatever it is), and there seem to be more flowers growing in the foreground.

Nathan and Mary McClain, along with the youngest of their children, moved to this house from Tallman in late 1910 or 1911. They lived here until Nathan passed away in May 1919, so about eight years—nine, at the most.

The photo below shows what the house looked like in 2006, shortly before it was demolished. The photo was taken from roughly the same viewpoint.

It appears as though the original roof had been replaced with one that was less steep. The porch had been extended around the side of the house. The extra cellar space below the porch allowed for the creation of a garage there. And you’ll notice some other relatively minor changes as well. But the overall shape of the house had not changed a lot in the ninety years between 1915 and 2006.