The house still stands! I think this is the pic Slippy would like to have posted. I just looked at the google map of the village and saw the streets still meet in much the same way. Street view revealed the house.

My hometown once again featured on Shorpy! ( I actually registered to this website because of another York picture that was posted a while ago).
That image is not the google street view you posted. There were either other troughs like that around town, or it was moved from here to its present location.
Judging by the houses and street curvature, I would think it's looking down Long Sands rd. from the "confederate" soldier, near where they built the new library. How do I post google street views to show what I'm talking about?

My guess is that thing is a horse trough. There are quite a few around New England usually made of granite and often with inscriptions. I have seen quite a few being used for flower displays usually by local garden groups.

When I see one it always invokes a bit of our past into our present day.

or if it has been moved; but this seems to be the old part of town.

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Wow, look at all the big American elms. When will we have a time machine to take a walk up that road?