October 22

The old Snow House a quarter of a mile up Grove Street from 122 stands out notably in the October sky. For the past several years, the house has been painted an ochre-colored yellow, matching nicely to the autumn-tinged leaves of the large maples that sit on the hillside beneath. It is doubtful that this present color is authentic, which would have likely been shakes or white clapboard, but altogether it looks appropriate just now.

The house is over 250 years old, and I imagine this area as sparse farm land, where Grove was nothing more than a dirt road or two-track that connected from Leicester, making its way down toward what is now the Pine Hill Reservoir. This water is recent really, where the construction of the dam created the reservoir and submerged the old road that connected Grove toward Rutland.

The Snow House is purported to have its own resident ghost, and occupants have reported various poltergeist activities for generations. How fitting for an October season that progresses onward toward our Halloween.