Visitors to LeRoy House have asked about the two empty frames in the back parlor. Usually Jerusha and Oliver Allen peer out from the ornate gold frames but a couple of months ago I took the portraits to Westlake Conservators in Skaneateles for an evaluation.
Oliver was a pale green and looked a little sick and Jerusha was surrounded by a dark cloud. The portraits are attributed to Phineas Staunton, who was the husband of Ingham University’s founder, Emily Ingham. (You will remember that he is also the artist that painted the portrait of Henry Clay which now hangs in the United States Capitol.)
This week we learned that we were successful in obtaining a grant from the Greater Hudson Heritage Network to have Oliver and Jerusha restored. It will take a couple of months but they will look so much better when they return to their vantage point on the wall.
Oliver and Jerusha Allen
Other News
by Lynne Belluscio
Digital e-ditions
You can now find Lynne's past articles here Check back often while we add more articles
Donald Antinore
Inducted Into American Academy of
Chefs Culinary Hall of Fame
The American Academy of Chefs (AAC), the honor society of the American Culinary Fed-eration (ACF), inducted Donald Antinore, certified executive chef (CEC), certified culinary educator (CCE), certifed culinary administrator (CCA), American Academy of Chefs (AAC), of Le Roy, N.Y., into the AAC Culinary Hall of Fame. Antinore was inducted during a formal ceremony and dinner at the 2010 ACF National Convention held at the Anaheim Marriott, Anaheim, Calif., Aug. 3.
Established in 1988, the AAC Culinary Hall of Fame recognizes AAC Fellows for their accomplishments and extraordi-nary contributions to ACF, AAC and the culinary profession over a lifetime.
