The house, which sits on three acres, was built in 1941. It speaks of a more opulent era. There's a buzzer under the dining room table to call for the cook. Johnston has never used it. As he leans into Clarke's car window to chat, another neighbor waves from across the street and strolls over.
People like to watch as the cars go by.
On either side of Diamond Hill Road, hilly streets are bounded by natural stone walls and mature trees. On Thomas Leighton Boulevard, a big circular street in an area that no one disputes is the true Diamond Hill, dogs bark as neighbors cut their lawns. There's a tree house in the yard, tucked behind one of the colonials and ranches. One of the town's two local pediatricians lives here as well as the town's house painter, Clarke says. Cumberland was first settled in 1625 by William Blackstone, a religious dissident who fled Boston for a wooded area of Attleboro called the Gore.