From the June 22 New York Times article, which also includes a short slideshow:
SOMEWHERE close to New York City — but far, far away, up a narrow
driveway and into the woods — lies Crow House, a rambling Arts and
Crafts mix of architectural styles: an eccentric "not to everyone’s
taste" kind of stone house designed and built in the 1920’s by Henry
Varnum Poor, for many decades one of the country’s most famous painters
and potters.Although Poor, who died in 1970, is largely
forgotten, his house now stands at the center of a complicated round
robin of conflict that involves preservationists who have formed a
group to save it; his son, who vows not to watch the house deteriorate
and has just signed a contract to sell it to a local entrepreneur;
Poor’s granddaughter, who opposes her father’s decision to sell but
feels powerless to prevent it; and town officials who had begged in
vain for more time to consider making the house into a museum.Preservation
advocates say they fear that the prospective owner, who has already
shown the site to an architect, will tear down the house or
substantially alter it. Land values are high in this part of Rockland
County: Crow House is only a 45-minute drive from Midtown Manhattan.
The photograph of potter Henry Varnum Poore’s home, Crow House, is by New York Times photographer Fred R. Conrad.