1905Sculptor Charles Grafly purchased a property in Lanesville and built a house and a studio that he named “Fool’s Paradise”.Arts and Culture, Location and Setting, Buildings & Architecture, Art
As an instructor of sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for 37 years, favored students were invited to come and work in his studio including George Demetrios, Walker Hancock, and Katharine Lane Weems.
Northshore Magazine. “Cape Ann Sculptors,” April 12, 2017. https://www.nshoremag.com/faces-places/cape-ann-sculptors/.