Tenafly Historic Preservation Recognizes Resident’s Restoration

Teanfly Historic Preservation

RESIDENTS MARIO AND MARIA TURCHI RECOGNIZED FOR HOME RESTORATION
By Paul Stefanowicz
W hen Mario and Maria Turchi planned their move to Tenafly in 1999, the historic house they found
made a big impact on them, and as it turned out, their work on the home has made a big impact on
Tenafly.
When the Turchis purchased 168 Serpentine Road, a Gothic Revival home within Atwood’s Highwood Park
Historic District, it was in need of repair and updates. The house was once occupied by Tenafly pioneer Benjamin Franklin Pond, a former sea captain. Mario discovered that the house was known as Design One, called the “Picturesque Stone Cottage” in an 1871 book that influential architect Daniel T. Atwood had published of his best designs. Atwood is best known for his design of our historic railroad station and other houses in the district Read the full article