The Floors Unveiled u Sleuthing ’s Interiors Interior Restoration Work is Underway u Before & After Graycliff Fast Facts u Volunteer Spotlight Q&A

PHOTO BY PATRICK MAHONEY, AIA u Introducing... We hope you like the new format of the Graycliff newsletter. We’ve opted for one issue per year in color, rather than two black & white issues...so you can see our progress more clearly thru photos. For more frequent updates on all things Graycliff, subscribe to our eNewsletter BOARD OF DIRECTORS (send your email address to [email protected]) Diane Schrenk, President and “like” us at Facebook.com/Graycliffestate Jim Charlier, Vice President Barbara A. Seals Nevergold, PhD Vice President Now and Then... Diane Chrisman, Secretary When Wright first designed Graycliff in the late Kevin J. Christner Jeffrey Manhardt 1920s, the porte-cochère was quite prominent, with Larry Cobado Sharon Metz few plantings and strong, clean lines (top photo). Benjamin Christy, Ph.D. Michael McGuigan As time went on, the roof of the porte-cochère was Kenneth Graham, Esq. Patrick Mahoney

: by Jim Charlier Jim : by Susan J. Herold replaced with black asphalt shingles by the second Terrence Robinson Darice Hickey, Esq. owners, the Piarist Fathers, and plantings had Catherine Schweitzer Kevin Hoffman Deborah Lynn Williams obscured the structure (middle photo). Charles Le Fevre, ASA Mary F. Young In recent years, with the help of members and HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Graycliff Bottom Archives donors, the Conservancy restored the roof with The Reverend Margaret R. Foster red-stained cedar shingles, as it had been originally, Darwin Martin Foster and removed non-original plant materials Clifford E. Whitman (bottom photo). ADVISORS Top and middle: Top Photos: Jason Aronoff Jack Quinan A Special Note of Thanks Carol Bronnenkant Douglas Swift The Graycliff Conservancy appreciates the generous support of: John Conlin William Wisniewski New York State, John R. Oishei Excuria Salon and Spa Quaker Boy EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Andrew Cuomo, Foundation Fallsview Casino Turkey Calls Reine Hauser Governor and the Dorothy Payne Fund Field Service, Inc. Richardson Restoration NYS Legislature Corp. STRATEGIC PARTNERS Phyllis W. Pierce Trust Fontana Rowing The New York State Roycroft Inn New York State Office of Parks, Council on the Arts Saperston Family Boat House Foundation Seneca Larkin Recreation and Historic Preservation The County of Erie, Forest Lawn Evans-Brant Chamber of Commerce Simple Gifts Fund Holdings LLC County Executive Garman Family The Preservation League of New York Mark Polancarz and The Western New York Foundation The Shaw Festival The Cultural Landscape Foundation the Erie County Foundation Graycliff Hotel and Sienna Environmental Legislature Estate of Marion Resort, The Bahamas Technologies The Alliance of American Museums The Town of Evans Zimmerman Herschell Carrousel Simoncelli Electric The Frank Foundation The Baird Foundation The Margaret L. Wendt Museum The Slater Law Firm The Foundation. Building Conservancy The Balbach The History Museum Sonoma Grill Family Foundation The National Trust for Historic Preservation Thank you also to: Hull House Restaurant The Cameron Newsletter design by JCharlier Communication Design, Alpha Contract Flooring John and Marie Sterling Inn and Spa Brown Fund Hutchins JCharlier.com, (716) 884-3274 Buffalo and Erie County Stratford Tourism The Community Dr. Thomas Jambro Alliance Foundation for Greater Botanical Gardens Buffalo Botanicus Krog Corporation Tantalo Photography James H. Cummings Ted Catalano KROMAC Trillium Courtyard Flowers Foundation Buffalo Museum of Larkin Center of The East Hill Science Commerce Merk Blasting Foundation Burchfield Penney Larkin Development The Mansion on First Niagara Bank Art Center Group Delaware Avenue Gannett Foundation Business First Liberty Liquor Theodore Roosevelt M&T Bank Inaugural National Hooper Family Chaintreuil Jensen Historic Site Foundation Stark Architects Russell Maxwell Trillium Courtyard Key Bank Concrete Applied Merk Blasting Florists Technologies/CATCO Services, Inc. Seymour H. Knox Uniland Foundation Darwin Martin House Mulberry’s Restaurant Verizon Samuel H. Kress Dessert Deli MusicalFare Theater Foundation Vintage Hotels of Dundee Ales National Fuel Niagara-on-the-Lake M&T Bank EBS Engineering; National Grid Visit Buffalo Niagara Louise Y. Mokadam Ellicottville Chamber New Era Caps Wanakah Country Club Trust of Commerce Party Squad Waterbourne Preservation League of Entercom New York Ponds Unlimited Zarcone Electric Evenhouse Printing Premiere Wine and Spirits

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The floors are now returned to their original wide-planked cypress, FLOORED as Wright intended. By your generosity!

ou’d think it would be First, the concrete floor was painstakingly a state-of-the-art “misting” fire relatively simple to refinish removed, section by section. suppression system was added, too. Yoriginal floors. But no–the Next, new subflooring, with With the wood floors now gleaming, project encompassed careful removal temporary supports, was installed. the return of under-floor heating, of a concrete floor that Then wide plank cypress and fire suppression, your support had been installed in “Oohs and aahs was delivered, from and encouragement have made an the 1940s. Seven long southern forests–just enormous impact. Do see it for yourself. decades ago, the wood filled the rooms as Wright had specified. living room floor as donors, After settling and collapsed. The problem? supporters and adjusting to the cooler Moisture in the damp local politicians temperatures of basement below. Martin northern climes, the

walked around the CHARLIER JIM BY PHOTO family members first floor of the wide planks of cypress installed a concrete Isabelle R.Martin were installed...as floor–functional but Wright had specified. neither attractive, House...” The next step nor what Wright had - The Buffalo News, June 6, 2014 designed. Thanks to was fascinating. It seems Frank Lloyd Wright (always your support, the wetness was ahead of his time) designed heating corrected a few years ago by the beneath the floors. Nestled into the Conservancy. The dirt floor of the floor, grates are placed strategically basement was dug out, drainage at the coolest parts of the rooms. added, and a concrete basement floor Beneath them are heating units, just as poured. Only then was it safe to Wright intended. Finally, to protect the undertake this project. investment of members like yourself, 1 A thoughtful restoration of the building to its 1929 state is the work of hundreds of specialists – architects, historians, curators, carpenters, scholars, electricians, plumbers, painters, volunteers, and donors like you. Photo courtesyPhoto UB Archives But we’ve only just With your help, we can finish the interior restoration ou were there to rescue Now on to the interiors! Next up: floors in the entry way, living Graycliff fifteen years ago, Thrillingly, thanks to supporters like room and dining room gleam once Ywhen it was slated for you, we’ve restored the Family Sun again (see article, page 1). Protecting demolition. Success after each success, Room. A local family, the these restored areas you’ve continued your support. And Hoopers, offered to assist The Hooper family, is a “misting” fire now Graycliff’s restoration is nearing in returning the original offered to assist in suppression system– completion! Exteriors are restored, Library Table, which returning the the first of its kind structural repairs graced the Sun Room. original Library in the area. completed, and Once the table was Table...they were Now the most dramatic the Pavilion successfully moved from then inspired transformation awaits! welcomes Colorado to its rightful to undertake a Imagine the kitchen nearly place at Graycliff, the as it was when the 10,000 larger project... Hoopers were inspired cook brewed iced tea visitors the room itself! to undertake a larger to serve on the terrace. each year. project...the room itself. The walls and Or gaze at the turquoise lake from ceiling were repaired, and a rubber tile Isabelle’s bedroom, through the Photo courtesyPhoto Wikipedia floor, just as Wright designed, French door and graceful windows. returned the room to its former glory. Or heroically, help protect these rooms

Isabelle Martin wrote to Wright “Are you entirely free and fully disposed to design severely simple two story house for lake shore for Martin Family for early construction and occupancy. Specifications not important. No superintendent required...”

2 U P N E X T Historic Furnishings Report A comprehensive study of Graycliff Estate furnishings is in progress. Using original photographs, correspondence, Floors? Check! Fire suppression system? Check! Walls and ceilings? We need your help! diaries, memories of Martin family members, and historic archives, professional curators/Wright scholars are Charlier Jim by Photo creating an Historic Furnishings Report to guide the Conservancy in its efforts. Funding for the Historic Furnishings Report was generously provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and begun! the National Trust for Historic Preservation. with a state-of-the-art misting fire A bedroom awaiting your guests, favorite. Your contribution will protection system. opening to the cantilevered balcony. accomplish all of this, and more. Explore Darwin’s manly Suite, A warm glow as you gather at the With architectural drawings and with bedroom, sleeping hearth. specifications in hand (see article page porch and private balcony. We need your help to 4), we’re all set to begin! Already, the Or walk the upper arcade, Each room has return the living quarters Hooper family has stepped up to kick with its ribbon of windows its own special to this gracious splendor. off the cascading sunlight across charms, like Each room has its own effort, as the floor. Isabelle’s bathroom, special charms. Isabelle’s has the Frank Lloyd Wright where she insisted bathroom, where she Louise Y. imbued Graycliff with on a view of insisted on a view of the Mokadam lake, even from the Trust. Are a feeling of “repose,” the lake–even courtesyPhoto UB Archives you ready? the joy of friends and from the bathtub. bathtub. The Cook’s family relaxing at the lake. room, with views of With your Each room at Graycliff is courtyard, gardens and help, the suffused with just this sense of lake from all sides. The extra large drama of each tranquility. A sink designed just for closet just for the Maid. The Dining room will unfold... flower arranging in the pantry. French Room, where the family gathered for can’t hardly wait! doors opening to graceful terraces. supper. Discover your own particular Wright was embroiled personal difficulties consuming his attention–the letter went unanswered. Weeks later Darwin wrote requesting a reply. Wright responded: “Free and fully disposed to serve you to the best of my ability, terms regular.” Darwin wrote back: “Your client is Mrs. Martin..” 3 Refrigerator,” page 7) Also on tap are a sink matching the original, as well as Room by a six burner electric stove. Can’t you just see them at the ready? Photo by Jim Charlier Jim by Photo Second Floor: Sweet Dreams room... Bedrooms and baths for the cook, the maid, Isabelle and her guests–each, with Next on slate is the restoration of your help, will inspire sweet reveries of life interior rooms. at Graycliff a century ago. Floors, ceilings, First Floor: Gathering Spaces fire suppression in each of these areas are As you enter the house, you immediately but a dream away. note the lovely floor of the entry way, The Darwin Suite but then notice the walls, ceiling, as well This manly suite of three rooms: bed, bath as an adjacent hallway and bath require The Family Sun Room The Martin Family often gathered in the Sun and sleeping porch, need the masculine restoration, and protective fire suppression. Room on rainy days, to play board games, approach, with major repairs to the bath, listen to the piano or stories on the radio. Like the entry way, the walls and ceiling Thanks to the Hooper family, this room has as well as restoration of ceilings and floors of the gracious living room need a great been restored, with ceilings and walls their throughout...not to mention installation deal of attention, although fire suppression original ginger colored stucco, and a rubber of fire suppression as well. tile floor, impervious to the weather and the is already installed in this large area... games of young children. With your help, The Upper Gallery surrounding the lustrous restored floor. the remaining rooms, each by each, can Awash with windows, the sun casts The dining room, too, has fire suppression re-acquire their original splendor. shadows on un-restored walls and floors. and shining floor, but walls and ceilings and the kitchen courtyard, a servant at With your help, this graceful passage, must be addressed before we can imagine Graycliff enjoyed tranquil relaxation, but replete with Wright-designed radiator the Martin family at supper. their Sun Room is awaiting restoration covers, and the missing 1920s telephone, Through a door leading from the dining of walls, ceiling and flooring. can once again draw admiration. room are very important areas. The Pantry, The light and airy Kitchen, with flower The Wright Stairway with partially restored cabinets...but raw boxes and French doors to a terrace, is The magnificent staircase designed by floor, walls and ceiling. We’ve recently missing some of its cabinets, which must Wright is central to the design of the home. discovered an original cabinet for the be re-created; while remaining cabinetry The landing is cramped, due to ill-advised pantry, simply in need of restoration and requires removal of an unfortunate heating ducts. Once removed, and with proper placement. The Servant’s Sun Room covering of paint. Walls, ceiling and floors, walls, ceilings and reception area restored, echoes that of the family on the opposite too, call out for restoration, as does the the Wright flight will soar once more. end of the house. With views of the lake early refrigerator (see “The Mysterious Darwin’s Suite Upper Gallery Guest Room Isabelle’s Room Aunt Polly’s Room Staff Suite This masculine retreat Flooded with light, and As a guest of the A fireplace, a walk-in Aunt Polly, Isabelle’s trusty A spacious room for features a bedroom, dramatic patterns cast Martins you closet, and a door aide, had an adjacent room the maid, and perhaps bath and sleeping porch, by a ribbon of windows would have leading to a spacious to provide Isabelle with the nicest bedroom in leading to a private, as you stroll the Upper enjoyed lake balcony are the features much needed assistance– the house–for the cantilevered balcony to Gallery, to answer the views and the of the room for the and they shared a bath cook! And their survey your domain 1920s telephone balcony, lady of the house. with lake views. shared bath.

Family Fern Room Living Room Dining Room Kitchen/Pantry Servant’s Sun Room Sun Room Ferns in The heart of the home, Imagine dining A cutting sink for flowers, The Martins didn’t The first interior limestone planters the Living Room was the with views of cabinets for china, and stint when it came room restored, on the interior of gathering place for the the lake as you a call box for servants to servants, who had thanks to the the room, with family, their friends and gather with the grace the pantry. The airy their own lovely Sun Hooper Family. windows opening relatives. With your help, family for kitchen, with flower boxes Room for meals and Get a glimpse wide to lake views restore this central spot to supper. seen through the windows, relaxation, with lake of what your and a mirror to its rightful grandeur. and state of the art for the and courtyard views. contribution reflect the lake. 1920s–an electric stove can mean. and refrigerator.

4 DID YOU KNOW?

Perched on the cliffs above Lake Erie, Oscar-winning actress TIMELINE with a sweeping view of the shores of was Frank Lloyd u 1926 Construction begins. Canada, this summer retreat for Buffalo’s Wright’s granddaughter? Client of record is Isabelle R. Martin, Martin family, Graycliff is the realization wife of industrialist Darwin D. Martin. Her mother was Catherine of Wright’s “Natural House” – built of (Wright) Baxter, Frank’s daughter. u 1950 After the deaths of indigenous rock from the property and Isabelle and Darwin Martin, the property was sold to the Piarist integrated into the landscape. Wright used copper Fathers, an order of Roman Graycliff was designed to be light window screens at Graycliff? Catholic Priests from Hungary, They cast a gold hue inside the house and airy, and flooded with sunshine. You for their motherhouse. whenever the sun shined. experience Wright’s innovative u 1997 The Graycliff Conservancy transparent design blurring distinctions was formed and purchased the The leading female landscape estate, to restore and preserve it. between building and the landscape of architect of the 20th century had a expansive lawns, tennis court, irregularly FEATURES shaped pool, built-in planters and that hand in Graycliff’s landscape? Known as the “Dean of American Women u A complex of 3 Wright-designed sweeping Lake Erie vista. Landscape Architects,” Ellen Biddle Shipman buildings set within a Wright- designed landscape Nearly demolished–and the property sold designed gardens for Graycliff. off to developers–community activists u A transparent building that allows saved the estate and started a restoration Lincoln Logs were invented views through the house to Lake Erie success story. by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, John Lloyd Wright? u A restored historic landscape – one Year-round guided tours give an of the few landscape designs created He named them in honor of his father, estimated 10,000 visitors a year a rare in Wright’s own hand, augmented by who was born Frank Lincoln Wright. front-row seat to ongoing restoration of Ellen Biddle Shipman, a pioneering female Landscape designer of the this lakeside jewel. You can leave something 1920s and 1930s

to Graycliff in your will? u Six of Wright’s famed cantilevered Join the Isabelle R. Martin Society and balconies, and terraces that extend ensure Graycliff will continue to flourish, by toward the lake and the landscape. leaving a legacy for generations to come. Photo by Patrick Mahoney, AIA Mahoney, Patrick by Photo

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5 Sleuthing Graycliff’s Interiors

ow do you know what your home And they consulted the University at n A second old “bureau” in the Servant’s looked like when it was first built? Buffalo Archives, discovering sketches Sun Room actually belongs in the HEspecially when other owners made and perhaps most intriguing, Darwin Foster House. changes over the years? That was the Martin’s Memo Book from 1927/28. • Cabinetry in the Isabelle Martin House challenge facing Chaintreuil Jensen Stark This small, 3"x5" graph paper pad is filled all has inset doors. Architects, when asked to make detailed with Martin’s notes–people’s names, • The cabinetry in the Foster House interior drawings for Graycliff. various notes, and much info about has overlay doors. Architects Dirk Schneider and Scott Selin Graycliff during construction. n The hand rail currently in the examined old records at the Buffalo Here are some of the fascinating magnificent Wright-design front History Museum. They reviewed things Chaintreuil Jensen Stark stairway was a later addition. documents and sources online. Architects discovered: • In the UB Archives, they discovered a They spent countless hours at Graycliff, 1 sketch for a round, 2 ⁄8" handrail... The old “bureau” in the Servant’s Sun measuring, examining and poking n rather than the one there presently. into the backs of closets. Room is actually a cabinet that belongs in the pantry. • The handrail to the basement stairs is Schneider and Selin frequently consulted identical to that in the sketch. Sweet’s Architectural Catalogue, first • The measurements allow it to fit perfectly near the Servant Call box, • Now we know what the handrail in published in 1904 (and annually ever the front stairway looked like! since) which lists thousands of items and there are cut-outs in the pantry from leading building product subfloor in that corner that n A big surprise to Schneider and Selin: manufacturers. Flooring, brick, align perfectly. the floors in the kitchen and pantry glass, paint, windows, appliances... were rubber tile. everything a builder might need. • Not wood as is found in the Servant’s Sun Room

Analyzing paint layers, notches in plaster and trim, floor indentations, material chemical makeup, and hundreds of other clues, help in piecing together what was where originally.

Rubber tiles were discovered under the kitchen stove Notes from Martin’s Memo and cabinets. Books such as “Cypress flr Could they be 10" board, blind nailed?” similar to those 3 3 and “Maple register 1 ⁄4" x ⁄8" in the Family Photos of 3 spaced ⁄8" apart all parallel” Memo Books Sun Room by Scott Selin. are invaluable in the (shown right)? restoration. 6 • They found remnants of rubber tiles • The catalog reads: “A Bathroom in our The Mysterious behind the stove and beneath tiles appeals to those who seek relief Refrigerator baseboards, and thus determined the from the white glazed, colorless material ow do you determine if a piece of exact color, size and depth of the generally associated with sanitary furniture or another item is original original rubber tiles. requirements. Soft, warm colors in a Hto your house? Is that just a cabinet, The refrigerator was “state-of-the-art” for bathroom are in no sense inconsistent or was it originally an ice box? What n were the appliances like? the late 1920s with the demands of sanitation. https://archive.org/details/TheBatchelder • The refrigerator was never an icebox We asked the same questions about a TilesACatalogOfTileProductsMadeInLos (see The Mysterious Refrigerator, in the large wooden cabinet at Graycliff, which AngelesByThe we thought might be an early refrigerator. sidebar) To solve the mystery of the Graycliff How do you investigate your own house? n They studied Darwin Martin’s Memo refrigerator, Chaintreuil Jensen Stark Book from 1927-28 in the UB Archives. Consult sources similar to those above: Architects first determined: n A six burner electric stove–the height of n Your local historical society n It was on the property when the modern living! Conservancy purchased the property n Any architectural drawings for your in 1997. • From the Martin Memo Book 1927/28: residence you can find A line in a letter from Darwin D. Martin “Range will be electric nevertheless n n City or town records. to Frank Lloyd Wright in June 1926 requiring the vent...Range with upright states, “We will install in NE corner Look online. Determine the year your broiler betw double oven. Six burners...” n enlarged kitchen a readymade home was constructed, and look at old They determined the salmon-colored refrigerator with Servel electric n catalogs for similar fixtures, cabinets tiles in the bathrooms are original. In the cooling.” and the like. Memo Book, Martin writes: “Bachelder n The cabinet has a tag on it that says, Wilson will send tiles, .” And perhaps most importantly, as “The Jewett Refrigerator Company– Buffalo NY” • Selin found a catalog for this firm Agatha Christie said, “Everything must online, from the 1920s. be taken into account. If the fact will The architects’ further research not fit the theory–let the theory go.” uncovered the following: Funding for the interior drawings was generously provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, n The Jewett Refrigerator Company was Governor Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature; and the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo. established in Buffalo in1849 and specialized in making refrigerator cabinets that could “be used with any type or make of electric freezing unit”– such as the Servel system mentioned in Darwin Martin’s letter. n The compressor for the cooling could be located in a cabinet above, below, adjacent to the unit or even remotely in the basement. n These refrigerators were often built into other cabinets and were not always the freestanding units we usually see today. n They discovered a catalog in the The basement Buffalo History Museum library that handrail, and show this type of installation, as does the background image in a 1927 ad notes found in for Jewett refrigerators. the UB Archives, • The ads from 1926 and 1927 also gives clues that show freestanding units with some the main stairwell type of feet. handrail may have matched it. Buffalo’s own Jewett Refrigerator n At Graycliff, the architects looked behind the refrigerator, to see if there Company’s catalogs, ads, along was an electric outlet. What they saw with Martin’s Memo Book notes instead were hinges behind the helped establish that the current unit...there are doors on both the front refrigerator is original to the home. and the back of the refrigerator! n Based on more correspondence between Darwin Martin and Frank Lloyd Wright, and Darwin Martin’s Memo Book, its current location seems to be where it has always been The bathroom tiles match up located. to notes from Martin’s Memo. • This is corroborated with physical They’ve been found to be original. Charlier. Jim by Photos evidence such as historic plumbing locations–or the lack thereof elsewhere. 7 VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT Q&A: Stacy Tuberdyke What inspired you to volunteer? and saw the restored red Who are your heroes? I bought a house in Derby roofs, after they had been The Hulk, Buddha, and I like Frank Lloyd Wright black asphalt for so long. Cyndi Lauper 2015 CALENDAR and Buffalo history. That Because it was dramatic, What’s something that most inspired me to do more than highly visual progress– people don’t know about you? JANUARY just visit, but to volunteer. it was a huge–a significant I speak Japanese. I used Master Architectural Tour After I moved out of Derby, improvement in the to live in Japan... FEBRUARY and into Buffalo, I continued restoration...and a positive where Valentines Tours to volunteer. push toward the remainder I taught of the restoration. Master Architectural Tour What do you do for fun, English. other than Graycliff? What do you do, professionally? 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Special thanks to the Volunteers at Graycliff: The Heart, Soul and Muscle of the Conservancy JULY It has been a very busy year for Graycliff’s volunteers. Many, many thanks to all of the docents who Tours Daily have led tours, to the chaperones, the Green Team that has cared for our grounds, the Housekeeping Extended Tour Schedule for Teams that have kept the house clean and tidy, the volunteers who have assisted in the gift shop and Canada Day and 4th of July with mailings, those presenting the Wright on the Road program to groups–and also to the volunteers Summer Twilight Tours who have helped with special events in 2014. AUGUST Interested in volunteering? Tours Daily Tell us what skills you have and enjoy doing, and we’re bound to find an area where we could use Summer Twilight Tours your help! Call Graycliff at 947-9217, or email [email protected]. SEPTEMBER Tours Daily requests when they draw up a will. Sunday in the Country Tours

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Leave a bequest to Graycliff a percentage of their NOVEMBER The in your will – become a estate or a specific asset. Tours Daily except Wednesday Isabelle R. Martin member of the Isabelle R. In addition to leaving Extended Tour Schedule Society money, you can leave Martin Society... for Thanksgiving Weekend such things as personal As a member of the Society, your gift made DECEMBER property, real estate, life through estate planning will allow you to join a Yuletide Tours insurance, retirement select group of individuals who are committed Private, group, school tours, funds, stocks, bonds or Photo courtesy UB Archives to helping the Graycliff Conservancy to preserve part or all of your IRA. and Combination Graycliff and restore the Graycliff Estate through the and Darwin D. Martin House years to come. Your contribution will provide The decision to tell us that you have included Complex Tours can be

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8 A Great We have What would Graycliff the Wright we do without Gala merchandise them? In-kind donors of goods and services Our best Gala yet... The year began with a donation of paint and The Saturn Club of for you labor from Uniland, and flooring, including Buffalo was THE place Visit the M&T Pavilion Gift Shop carpeting and tiles throughout the Pavilion to be on Friday, April 28, or our online store for... 2014. The Graycliff Gala from Alpha Contract Flooring. Then other All kinds of new products...most available companies stepped up...wines from featured drinks and nowhere else. Jewelry, lamps, ornaments, dinner, a silent auction, Premier Wines and Spirits and ale from Arts & Crafts design, stuffed animals...even and a basket raffle. Dundee Ales for the Gala; Catco and customized Graycliff Gift baskets! Something Then the live auction began, with lively Merk Blasting for a parking lot update; and as for you, your home and that special someone. bidding on stellar–and very exclusive– the season got underway, a large donation of Stop by the shop – open daily (except offerings. The Graycliff Diamond Window ferns from Botanicus. Zarcone Electric repaired Wednesdays) 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or awards were presented, followed by music an historic light fixture, and then by mail visit the online store at GraycliffEstate.org. by The Party Squad and dancing. Join us on came home movies from the Martin family Friday, March 27 for the 2015 Graycliff Gala– itself. A hearty thank you to each and every you won’t want to miss it! one of you who donated products, expertise, and more. We couldn’t do it without you! Graycliff Let us bring has gas Graycliff to you A natural gas well on the property will be Wright on the Road FREE lecture program... heating the M&T Pavilion this winter... a one hour show of beautiful photos and Graycliff has long had an inactive gas well, commentary that explains the history behind utility sheds near the parking lot. of Graycliff and the historical restoration With the cost of fuel on the rise, and thanks process. To arrange a free presentation to Field Services, we had the well inspected. for your organization, contact us at Turns out it produces enough natural gas to graycliff@verizon. make it worthwhile to re-activate it. In late summer, new gas lines were installed. The Conservancy, thrifty as always, will now be heating the Pavilion for free! Returning Graycliff to its 1931 landscape, some mature trees were eliminated. These hand-crafted, numbered, and signed bowls – made from those

trees – are available while supplies last. AIA Mahoney, Patrick by Photo Your donation is an investment, and crucial to secure Graycliff’s future.

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Graycliff Conservancy President Diane Schrenk speaks at the unveiling Marcy and Jerry Workman enjoy a Nearly 10,000 visitors, from all over of the Isabelle R. Martin floor restoration press event, with, left to right: Senator Summer Solstice event at Graycliff. the world, visited Graycliff in 2014. Mark Grisanti, Lynn Marinelli of Empire State Development and Legislator Lynne Dixon. Volunteers (left to right) Gail Solowski, Barbara Abbatoy, Mary Kay DiPaolo, and dozens of others help throughout The 2014 Graycliff Awards: (left to right) the year. recipient Patrick Mahoney, presenter Graycliff Conservancy founder Carol Barbara Rickard, recipients Join us Bronnenkant and architectural historian Dirk Schneider, Chuck LaChiusa, online! John Conlin at the 2014 Graycliff Gala. Anthony Bannon, and Wendy Pierce.