New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-29
GROWING FAST
Single Family Detached Houses
Rule at Upper MOntClalr.
NEW HOMES BEING BUILT
More than Fifty Now in Course
of Construction in Health
full Community.
By Aaron ". Godfrey.

The fastest growing part Of Montclair
is the Upper Montclair section. The char
acter Of development has been varied.
but il has been all of the single family
detached house variety. running in price
/ from 5000 TO $4,000. on plots with MIMI
mum Of 5OX2Jo feet The suburban type
has been maintained throughout, and the
/ style of architecture shows most dis
. tinct advance i'm the aesthetic and prdc-
/ ticabe one can find homes hitting al
most any income. requirement and taste
/ from a bungalow type TO an English
country house. \ purchaser IS assured
/ of a well built home. as the building laws
| are so strict and the inspection so riga
| as TO preclude all possibility Of poor con-
/ struction MontClair has the reputation
of having the best built houses OF any
suburban community in the United States
because of the insistence of the author-
, ties that the building code must be IN
qualihedly adhered to.
! one of the features OF this years
! growth IS the large number Of houses
| being built for owners who lntend 10
occupy them. In the Upper Montclalr
section alone there are more than MY
houses under construction which VIII be
occupied by their owners.
The value Of land in Upper Montclalr
compared TO other suburbs is compare
lively low. considering the many adFan-
tares offered. such as the exceedingly
| high character Of its schools, the Wide
choice OF churches and social orsaniza-
tions and the extreme healthfulneSs OF
: this mountain town. Excellent building
nlots in well restricted neighborhoods'
whore the character IS established, may
/ be obtained at low prices. ranging
+ from S95 TO S35 a foot on plots having
/ frontage Of 80 or more feet and depth
/ Of 40 10 900 or more feet These prices VIII
/ include every improvement such as sewer
water. gas. telephone, cement sidewalks
curb and cutters and we'll paved streets
This section Of Upper Montclair Is repIete
with solendid mountain Views. It being
built on the backbone Of three ridges
VARYING in height from 100 70 800 feet. AT
everv turn one meets with splendid trees,
which seem to be the remnant Of an an
cent forest
The railroad service to Upper MontcIalr
Is paTuCuldTIN WOIllll u hpIiN'' '''N'
are over fifty trains that take care OF
those who do business In New York, they
make excellent time. two Of them arriv-
ing in Jersey City in nineteen minutes
The average time TO the Terminal Build
ing in New York is in the neighborhood
Of forty minutes
There is an early prospect OF electrih-
cation Of the Greenwood Lake branch OF
the Erie Railroad. which will materially
reduce the time OF transit.
The hcalthfulness and GOODNESS each
summer bring TO Montclair large num-
Der OF people who rent furnished houses
for the months Of June. July, August ana
September. and there may be had a; very
modest rates Mary Of the people VITO
now make this town their permanent
home first came here as summer visitors
and became so enamOured Of its beau
ties and superior advantages as TO settle
here.
Among the improvements IN Upper
Montclair OF a public character completed
or about to be started is the golf club
house Of the Upper Montclair Country
Club. This was designed by W. Leslie
Walker, and is considered among the best
and most complete buildings Of this char
acter I'm the East There arc also the Car
regic Library, a building for the First
National Bank and a group Of model
stores, TO be erected on a plot Of ground
adjoining the Upper Montclair station