The Demarest-Lyle House: Saving a Tenafly Treasure Eva Lerner-Lam Presentation to Tenafly Rotary Club The Clinton Inn May 10, 2001
Description of the Site 91 West Clinton Avenue About ½ acre, single building (with annex) Original structure built around 1790 State and National Registers of Historic Places 100% privately owned and operated
Historical Significance Six architectural episodes Typical of farmhouse vernacular that flourished in the Hackensack valley in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries Remarkable survival of much of the 1868 renovation
Duty and Inspiration Impasse in 1990s Mosley, Savastano, Miller, Wilson, Kieronski, Ballou, Haynes, Tremble, Chillino, Thompson, Mendoza…and two special friends
The Amati Music Conservatory Private, non-profit music school for children World-class faculty Piano, violin, viola, cello, flute and theory Performances in NYC and metro area, including Carnegie Hall and John Harms Theater