HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
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The great pleasure of a home in the hills is the wide stretch of open 
country that lies before one 
G. B. Schley’s house in Fox Hills seems to have just the right lines 
for a mountain home 
opportunities to secure acreage 
tracts, farms, old houses, and so 
on. The country is rolling and 
well watered. The principal 
stream is the Passaic River. On 
the main line, the Lackawanna 
and the Erie run practically par¬ 
allel as far as Paterson, and very 
little opportunity is offered up to 
this point for the commuting 
homeseeker of the type we have 
in mind. Beyond Paterson, how¬ 
ever, very little development has 
been done, and the country is 
mountainous and extremely pic¬ 
turesque. Some of the moun¬ 
tains attain an elevation of 1,200 
feet above sea level. Here is a 
virgin country that in a very few 
years will be taken up and settled. 
It offers at present a wonderful opportunity for the homeseeker 
who wishes to answer the call “back to the land,” but who is not 
unmindful of the fact that a good position in bank, counting- 
house or office in New York is far more lucrative than an attempt 
at farming. In other words, this section is almost ideal for the 
man who wants to live in the country and still do business in New 
York. A bungalow community has recently been started at To- 
waco, and the preliminary steps which ultimately will be land 
booms, have begun at other stations along this line, notably at 
Little Falls and Mountain View, but it still may be regarded as 
Mr. Lehman’s house at Elberon is characteristic of the seashore 
homes on the Jersey coast 
offering exceptional opportuni¬ 
ties for the homeseeker. 
Caldwell and Essex Falls, on 
the Erie, offer well developed 
sections to the suburbanite who 
is partial to mountain country. 
Caldwell is high up, overlook¬ 
ing the surrounding country, 
and is noted for its fine climate. 
Many attractive homes have 
been built here lately, and the 
picturesque streets and well- 
wooded hillsides present many 
beautiful home sites. 
The country is thickly settled, 
and practically one continuous 
city all through the Oranges, 
and as far as Short Hills. This 
latter place is a model suburban 
community in a way, but it has 
been settled for a great many years, and the values of its realty 
is high. Between Short Hills and Summit, a community is being 
developed, but the first real opportunity to secure a home in the 
country, as distinguished from the suburbs, and still within easy 
reach of the railroad station, will not be found until after Chat¬ 
ham, Madison, Convent and Morristown are passed. 
Summit is but 20 miles from New York, and besides the many 
pretentious homes of the wealthy class, has opportunities for the 
less imposing dwelling. There is a metropolitan aspect to this 
town in its well regulated public works, sewage system, police de- 
A home at River Edge, in sharp contrast, represents a moderate cost 
house well fitted for a dwelling in the hills 
Such nooks as this one in the Scarsdale estates can only be en¬ 
joyed by the man who chooses a mountain site 
