Trustees of the Owen estate sold the property to Mr. Cedar Hill Farm provided summer jobs for local students and at harvest time, for residents. Townspeople were invited to picnic in Owen’s woods 35 acres were planted with 5,000 peach and 1,500 apple trees. The Owen family crest appears on the fireplace wall in the crystal chandeliered dining room. A handsome native stone wall surrounded the entire acreage.įeatures of the house include a red tiled roof, French and pocket doors, mahogany and birdseye maple paneling, etched crystal and brass wall sconces, unique moldings, green and rare red marble fireplaces with large marble hearths. Owen attempted to reproduce an English country home with beautiful brick-walled formal gardens, a rambler rose-covered arbor and a rose garden. To reflect his wife’s British ancestry, Mr. Alice Burford Owen was related to Sir James Horlick, president of Horlick Malted Milk Products. The Owens named their new home, “Cedar Hill” and spent six months there and the remainder in Newark.
There also were two auxiliary structures on the grounds-a gate or carriage house on South Finley Avenue and the estate manager’s cottage on South Maple Avenue. The manor house contained 20 rooms, had an attached servants’ quarters for the head outside man, an unfinished third floor storage and servants’ quarters, an attached three stall garage and a small building for garden equipment. This residence, built of brick laid in Flemish bond, was the dream of Samuel Owen of Newark, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and gentleman farmer.
The entire tract extended to the northern boundary of Homestead Village and included what is now War Memorial Field, plus the properties of Cedar Hill School and Ridge High School. The original choice 100 acres have a commanding view of Collyer Lane, South Finley Avenue and South Maple Avenue. Commonly called the Astor Mansion after its last owner, this is the Bernards Township seat of government. Built in 1912, this Basking Ridge landmark was the home of four families Owen, Lee, Bissell and Astor, before it was purchased in 1968 by Bernards Township. High on the ridge encircled on three sides by public roads stands an English Tudor style estate.
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