This house is one of ten buildings that form the small community known as New City, which was built for Newark watershed workers in the 1930's. Though currently abandoned, this house, along with its neighbors, could form an attractive historic district. Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church is a Greek Revival-style building erected circa 1820. The church is noteworthy for the many architectural features that have remained unaltered, including the wood clap-boarding, door surround, windows and belfry. These pictures were taken a few years back.
Today there is chain link fence around it.
Cross Castle, built in 1907 as the Tudor Revival mansion of Richard F. Cross, was the most impressive estate in West Milford at one time. Sold to the City of Newark in 1919, the building has deteriorated to a shell of its former grandeur.