Stoneleigh Park Historic District


  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Westfield Ave, Shackamaxon Dr, Rahway and Dorian Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Stoneleigh Park (ca 1904) is a fine example of a small, picturesque, upper middle class residential development of the early twentieth century. Planned by H B Tremaine, president of the Aeolian Company, and his cousin, C M Tremaine, it has designed to take advantage of the natural beauty of the site and to preserve a peaceful suburban setting for the homeowners, who were commuting New York executives and affluent Westfield businessmen and civic leaders. Stoneleigh Park continues to reflect the social and economic prominence of its original homeowners, as well as the town's commitment to the upper middle class lifestyle. - NRHP, 19 September 1988


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1900/00/00 Harry B Tremaine Home Harry B Tremaine extensively enlarges and remodels an old house on the southwest corner of Dorian Rd and Westfieid Ave (razed). When the Drake estate opposite his property is offered for sale, his cousin C M Tremaine joins him in suburban bliss.
1904/00/00 Charles Milton Tremaine Architect 505 Dorian Rd (old 1 Stoneleigh Park), the home of C M Tremaine, sets the tone for the development: classical details, a full facade end porch with fluted, colossal, Ionic order columns and an attic story pediment with a semi-round window with tracery.
1905/00/00 Harry B Tremaine Architect Soon after the completion of C M Tremaine's house, the cousins learn that the remainder of the Drake estate is to be sold as 50' lots. HB Tremaine buys the entire Drake estate of 20 acres and the cousins devised the Stoneieigh Park plan.
1905/00/00 Woodrow Wilson Guest 17 Stoneleigh Park is built for William E Tuttle, Congressman and Westfield businessman. Woodrow Wilson, a friend of Tuttle, had his photograph taken in front of this house.
1905/00/00 William E Tuttle Jr Home 17 Stoneleigh Park is built for William E Tuttle, Congressman and Westfield businessman. Woodrow Wilson, a friend of Tuttle, had his photograph taken in front of this house.
1923/02/11 William E Tuttle Jr Died William E Tuttle dies in Westfield on February 11, 1923. He is buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Horseheads, New York.

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Particulars for Stoneleigh Park Historic District:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Owner Private
Historic Use Secondary structure
Historic Use Single dwelling
Architectural Style Tudor Revival



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 28th October 1988

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Stoneleigh Park Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by Westfield Ave., Shackamaxon Dr., Rahway and Dorian Rd.
Registry Number: 88002020
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Tremaine,H.B.; Tremaine,C.M.
Architectural Style: Colonial revival, Tudor revival, Other
Attribute: English Tudor Revival
Area in Acres: 20
Contributing Buildings: 48
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Community Planning and Development
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Secondary structure
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-Function: Single dwelling Secondary structure

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