A Traditional Look in a New Stillwater Development Liberty on the Lake in Stillwater looks nothing like most suburbs.
Homes range from bungalows to French country, from Tudors to prairie-style.
Sidewalks, porches, public squares and village greens encourage neighbors to congregate while gathering mail. A town square features a playground, baseball and football areas and enough land for concerts. The design, of course, was intended to evoke small-town America and a return to the type of friendly, walkable, more livable communities of the past. The unique community is due in part to the last property owners, who wanted to create something beautiful on the site and avoid another typical suburban subdivision. The city was keenly aware of that wish, says Steve Russell, Stillwater's community development director, and the property owners worked with the developer to create a comprehensive plan for the parcel that looked more like existing neighborhoods in the city than the typical suburban model.