Cynthia Clark: Marion Carll Farm Preserve, Inc

Our Mission: 

It is the intent of our group to acquire, restore and sustainably operate in perpetuity the farm… in keeping with Ms. Carll’s wishes. Any or all activities will be either educational, agricultural, “green” or focused on good health and nature. The house would eventually be fully restored to a period museum.

Our first tasks would be to stabilize the house and clean up the grounds…with community participation and Scout troops… to ready the land for production. First round grant applications would commence.  After stabilizing, we would essentially “mothball” the house after removing sensitive items such as papers and textiles to the schoolhouse, which would serve as our offices and restoration/archiving studio for the short term. Eventually the school house would become a community center serving a multitude of uses. The focus will then be mainly on agricultural production while courting corporations to sponsor a room in the farmhouse for restoration.

About Cynthia B. Clark:

A fourth-generation Huntingtonian and historic preservation buff, Ms. Clark first became an advocate of the farm in October of 2011. Shortly afterward she learned her Grandmother had been a friend of Ms. Carll’s. She is a restoration specialist primarily in textiles and leather and has done work for Christie’s Fine Art Services, and both The Neue Gallery and Fraunces Tavern Museums in NYC.

It is free to attend.  Lunch is available for $16.