This subdivision was designed and developed by Al Hawbaker in the 1950s and is the largest in the Centre Region. The neighborhood has its own elementary and middle schools, a public swimming pool and Green Hollow Park. This is basically a horseshoe-shaped development on Harvard Road, across the street from Matternville Elementary School. Older ranch homes mix with newer two-story homes, and some sites appear to remain open. The neighborhood shares a park with swings and a basketball court.
Prices are lower to mid-range, with the bonus of a pretty view of neighboring mountain ridges.
Lot sizes range from two to 36 acres. Some are wooded, and all have vistas of the mountains and valleys. The quality can be compared with Aspen Heights or Bear Meadows Village in Harris Township. It is off Route 550 in the Buffalo Run Valley, reached by turning east off Route 322. Toftrees is one of Pennsylvania's first planned communities, built primarily in the late 1960s and early 1970s.