Schapiro family to donate 375-acre historic farm to CPF

CAZENOVIA — Sisters Susan Schapiro and Sally Vernon have announced plans to donate their family’s 375-acre farm on the north shore of Eaton Brook Reservoir to the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation (CPF).

The gift will ensure that the property’s fields, forests, wetlands, historic barns, and 4,000 feet of undeveloped waterfront will be permanently protected for future generations.

According to a Sept. 16 CPF press release announcing the news, Schapiro and Vernon’s parents acquired the farmhouse and barn complex and acreage on both sides of Tuscarora Road in 1930,…

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