Which "brick mansion" in Maplewood is this?

I'm looking on eBay for some old postcards and came across this 1923 ad for a house--I bet the current owner of the house would love to have this (or, at least I would if I was the owner). I'm thinking this is on Wyoming somewhere?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1923-AD-FOR-SALE-OF-NEW-MAPLEWOOD-N-J-BRICK-MANSION-/141503226317?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20f23fe1cd



While it could easily be a home I just never noticed before, there is also the possibility that the house is n o longer standing. If it is still there I would love to know where it is so I could see what it looks like today.

Ridgewood at Ridgewood Terrace? Completely covered by trees?

ETA: Nope I just checked Google street view.

Isn't there a house like that on Wyoming?

Ugh, I'm terrible at remembering locations. Someone else will surely know.

It reminds me of some of the larger homes on Mountain Ave (between Ridgewood and Wyoming), but I can't say if it is actually one of them. I know that there are some beautiful houses on that street.

It almost looks like the house on Prospect, next to the corner house with the beautiful tree.

"8 minutes to the station" is a clue... seems like Mountain would both be too close for that, and on Ridgewood you'd be looking closer to South Orange. Wyoming makes sense but I can't picture it.


it looks a little bit like one on Curtiss Pl (going up, on the left near the top - just checked google street view. not it)

The "extended view" makes me think Wyoming -- one of those gorgeous houses with the enormous lawns.

..it looks like the one off Prospect at the top of the inner Crescent.

I'd guess that the asking price for the house on that postcard is about equivalent to the property taxes on the house today.

Looks strikingly similar to a house on Mountainview between Oakview and Park Road.

Yep, 11 Mountainview.

The property is over an acre and a half -- are still there any lots that big?

Mountainview has some rather large lots.

Actually an eight minute walk to the station is about right for Mountain. However, I think the house looks more like something along Prospect orMountainview.

Just a wag, so don't shoot me if I am wrong.

Only 2 maids rooms? Where would I put my other maids?!?

11, people. 11 Mountain View Terrace. Don't make me say it again.

Definitely Mountainview. Just google the address.

Definitely Mountainview.

Between Oakview and Park Road, below and parallel to Prospect. There are only 5 or 6 houses on the street. The property abuts the town hall property (back by the greenhouse) in the back.

11 Mountain View sold in 2012 for $830000.

Lovely old bones
http://www.oldhousedreams.com/2012/09/10/1922-tudor-maplewood-nj/

omg, i know the people who live there!

Wow, that is just stunning!!

You should buy the postcard @ffof!

@ffof, let me know if they want to purchase the listing....I was thinking of being vaguely creepy and mailing it to them now that the mystery of which house it is has been solved! i don't want to be creepy but they should really have that! It's a beautiful house.

@Afa: Not creapy at all. Complete strangers once stopped at our house and gave us a framed copy of an old real estate listing for our house. Their gesture was very much appreciated. We still have that listing on display in our livingroom.

The new owners moved in maybe last year. IIRC, it had been owned for a long time by the same couple before it was sold. I think it was a time capsule at the time it was sold.

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