HOUSE AND GARDEN 
2,i6 
April, 19 ii 
The Sound harbors have many inlets which make ideal spots for a 
shore home 
The Sound is not always a mill pond. Sometimes the coast at Rye 
is picturesque with breakers 
partment, etc. Montclair, of 
course, is of a similar type, and 
has almost every grade of home 
from the cottage to the man¬ 
sion. 
Beyond Morris Plains there 
are many splendid opportuni¬ 
ties. This is in the very heart 
of the mountain and lake sec¬ 
tion—the first real country out 
of New York that is still primi¬ 
tive. With Denville as a centre, 
mountain ranges, rivers and 
lakes radiate in every direction. 
T h e interesting colony o f 
Mount Tabor, originally start 
ed as a camp-meeting gound, 
like Ocean Grove, but now a 
prosperous summer colony for 
New York business men, is in 
this territory. The houses at Mount Tabor, however, are built in 
a thick woods and on very small lots, and practically no opportu¬ 
nity is offered for the man who wants a garden and a few hens, 
although he does have altitude, congenial neighbors, a golf course 
and some other compensating things. H. E. Angell 
Salt Water Homes 
To some, no place is deservedly a real home unless it is near 
enough to the salt water to hear the roar of the breakers, or to 
provide sailing and bathing op¬ 
portunities. Along the Sound 
shore, besides the city of New 
Rochelle, we find the villages of 
Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Rye 
and Port Chester, each of these 
offering high-class accommoda¬ 
tions in the way of shops and 
stores. All of the villages are 
on the lines of the New York, 
New Haven & Hartford Rail¬ 
road, which runs parallel with the 
coast at a distance varying from 
one-quarter of a mile to two 
miles from the shore, so that 
there is a strip of shore front 
property east of the railroad 
which is rapidly being taken up 
by builders of homes of the better 
class. In acreage tracts it would 
be difficult to find anything truly desirable for less than $3,500 
to $4,000 ; much of it is valued at $10,000, while lots of the usually 
city size, 25 x 100, or about that size, will vary from $500 to $1,000 
apiece, according to their proximity to the water. Valuations 
also increase as the distance from New York City decreases. 
In a general way, the same sort of country prevails along the 
Sound shore in Connecticut. Greenwich and the Norwalks offer 
particularly advantageous home sites along the coast indentations, 
with a wide enough range of prices to suit any pocketbook. 
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Some are not satisfied to build unless they can overlook the real 
ocean, as along the Jersey Coast 
The Sound shore is dotted with yacht clubs, where the suburbanite 
may indulge his love of sailing 
Larchmont Manor has much to offer the home seekers in the at¬ 
tractive house of moderate size 
