Which "brick mansion" in Maplewood is this?

"Eight minutes to station" probably means walking time, although that's maybe a tiny bit low for the average person. And that's definitely TO the station, not from the station, as Oakview rises 100 feet in elevation in that one block. Not a low figure for the average real estate come-on, however.

Maybe down hill. But certainly not up.

chopin said:

"Eight minutes to station" probably means walking time, although that's a tiny bit low for the average person. Not low for the average real estate come-on.

didnt take as long to cross Valley St in 1923.

hankzona said:

chopin said:

"Eight minutes to station" probably means walking time, although that's a tiny bit low for the average person. Not low for the average real estate come-on.

didnt take as long to cross Valley St in 1923.

Actually, in 1923 walking to the train station was uphill both ways.

Heh.

If I recall correctly from the local history they taught us back in school back then most of Baker St and Memorial Park were basically swamp land every spring when the snow melted.

Dup

A trolley line that ran along the stream and what is now Meadowbrook Lane in South Orange circa 1900 was called the "Swamp Line."

I know the owners of that house!
If you want, I can get them the postcard. Email me at mary@villagegreennj.com.

Hi - my husband and I own this house. One of our friends alerted me to this link, and I purchased the item on eBay. I love this town - thanks, MaplewoodOnline community!

Yay! so glad you will have this little piece of posterity!

Oh, yay! So glad. I hope it's a nice item for you to have. Your house is beautiful!

Well, that's a happy little ending!

Here's another one: Clinton Avenue

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1915-Residence-on-Clinton-Ave-Maplewood-New-Jersey-Postcard-NJ/120991372233?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D4086c284d0ac4cbc96eac0ea8966aedc%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D20131017132637%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D201242874112

@afa it was so nice of you to think of them!

The thing that is really cool about the bungalow that Sbenois posted is that the house looks exactly the same today as it did in the photo. The four square/Victorian next door lost its porch probably back in the 1950s to remuddling. The porch was rebuilt maybe ten years ago, as were several others in the immediate vicinity.

Back to 11 Mountain View Terrace. The original house owner was Frederick C. and Gretchen Wiss Sinon. Gretchen was the daughter of Louis T. Wiss.

In the 1920s all the Wisses had cars and they all moved out of Newark. One or two moved to Short Hills (one being my grandparents). The patriarch moved to an apartment on S. Munn Ave in East Orange. Most picked Maplewood. One may have moved to South Orange.

Wiss family biz that paid for the house originally appears to live on as part of larger company...interesting history.

http://wisstool.com/about_us/index.cfm

When my family was looking to move in 1964-5, my parents looked at a house on S. Crescent that they were under the impression had been owned by one of the Wiss family. I believe this was confirmed in another thread (I'll try to check). It was the second house in from Prospect on the south side of South Crescent. I seem to remember my parents said it had two living rooms, which certainly appears possible, judging from the front elevation. In any case, we wound up moving from one block south of this house to one block north, a distance that is spanned by only about ten residential lots, depending on the route.