Spring is Coming! Spring is Coming!

Can you believe it's finally going to warm up?  Just in time for Spring Clean Up, too!

It's only 10 days away....on Saturday, April 5th, from 9:15 am to about 1 pm.

Please join in and help out---the house is VERY dusty after all the restoration, and it will mean all hands on deck this year.  If you can spare a few hours, we would be most appreciative!

Please call 947-9217 or email Email Graycliff  to let us know if you are coming...we need a headcount for breakfast and lunch.

Here are some highlights:

• Light breakfast
• Pizza Lunch
• Be among the first to see the newly restored floors
• Season Update---what's coming up next!
• Talk by Chris Brindemore of BRD Construction

Hope to see you then!

Interesting Fallingwater Article...

This just in from Diane Schrenk....about Fallingwater:

Fallingwater at 75

Coming Up Next: Graycliff Spring Clean Up!

Please save the date: Join us for Graycliff Spring Clean up on Saturday, April 5th from 9:15 am to about 1 pm.  We will really need your help this year, because with the completion of the installation of the fire suppression system, as well as restored floors in the entry way, living room and dining room of the Isabelle R. Martin House, we are talking DUST!

Dusty floors, dusty windows, dusty closets, dusty everything!  Although the contractors did try to protect the house as much as possible with plastic sheeting, that darn dust has gotten into everything!

Come see the wonderful updates to the M&T Pavilion, as well as the restoration in the house.  Updates about the coming season, as well as info about the recently completed projects are also on the agenda.

We're looking forward to seeing everyone gather for the beginning (at long last!) of spring.

Please let us know if you will be coming---a light breakfast and a pizza lunch will be served (we need to know how many are coming, for food!)

RSVP to: Email Graycliff  or 947-9217

Good Dogs and Fun for All!

The Isabelle R. Martin Society Reception--Last Evening at the Walter V. Davidson House

The frigid temperatures outside were in sharp contrast with the warm hospitality of  Russell Maxwell last evening when he hosted a gathering of Graycliff's Isabelle R. Martin Society at his Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home, the Walter V. Davidson House.

The Isabelle R. Martin Society is a group of individuals who have chosen to leave a legacy to Graycliff through their wills, to ensure Graycliff will continue to flourish, as Maxwell himself says,  "one hundred years from now"  The Society will eventually create an endowment for this purpose.

Boris and Ivan, Maxwell's dogs, were the hit of the evening, thanks to their charm, good looks and wonderful manners.  Guests enjoyed Maxwell's gracious hospitality, as well as a rare opportunity to see a privately-owned Frank Lloyd Wright design.

Russell Maxwell with Board members Diane Chrisman and Sharon Osgood

Phyllis Spears with Ivan

Guests, including EO Smith and Al Kelly and Morgan McDole

Ivan and Boris...such good dogs!



If you have remembered Graycliff through your will, and would like to enjoy an evening with like-minded individuals, please call or email to let us know that you'd like to become a member of the Isabelle R. Martin Society

Volunteers Needed for March 29th--Hamburg Ages 10-12

We are looking for volunteers to assist with a Festival of the Arts to be held on Sat., Mar. 29th, in the HUB Youth Center in Hamburg.  The event will consist of exhibits of student artwork (Grades K-12), hands-on workshops, and student musical performances.  The event runs from 10 AM - 3 PM.  We would like three volunteers for each of two time slots - 10 AM-12 PM, and 12 PM-3 PM.  Volunteers will be assisting students with a simple craft item and will be working next to volunteers from the Martin House to promote FLW in WNY.  I am assured that the craft item (called the Graycliff Wheel of Facts) is easy to assemble.  Pres. Diane Schrenk will be there to set up at 9 AM in the morning, and she will demonstrate the craft for those volunteers interested in participating in this event.  The students will be in the 10-12 year age range.  We will also be conducting a Facebook contest at this event.  So, if you are interested in participating, please respond via email to phyllisspears@verizon.net. 

Graycliff Valentine Tours!

Valentine's Tours !

 Thank you to docents Marion Schmidt, Diane Schrenk and Cindy Trowman, for leading our special Valentine's Tours last weekend.  Hope you all saw the great publicity we received in Buffalo Magazine....and the write up on Buffalo Rising.

Despite the poor weather, tours were well attended, and the enthusiastic visitors bought a lot in the shop on Saturday....and on Sunday, several became members!

Here are a happy couple enjoying hot chocolate after their tour...and please note the lovely new carpeting and very chic new wall color....thanks, Mike Longo and all the Pavilion helpers!

Who's That in the Buffalo News?

Our own Loretta Worth, long-time Graycliff docent and volunteer, that's who!

Soup ’n’ Bowl party in Hamburg honors food, friendship, the Super Bowl – and bowling

Loretta Worth has hamburger soup at the annual Soup ’n’ Bowl at Hamburg Legion Lanes Thursday. Photo gallery at BuffaloNews.com Mark Mulville/Buffalo News