Short Hills - Millburn Real Estate

Millburn Township Real Estate owes much of its character to Stewart Hartshorn, who bought a 1,550-acre tract in 1877 and founded a planned community he named Short Hills. Rather than laying out a grid of roads and lots, he followed the terrain and often adjusted roads to avoid felling trees. He built more than 50 houses on 2- to 5-acre lots. Many of the original Hartshorn houses, built of wood and blue traprock in several styles, including Greek Revival and Victorian, are still standing. The original lots have now been subdivided into half-acre to one-acre sites. Houses with six to seven bedrooms on one-acre lots are now priced from $1.2 million to over $3 million.

Both Millburn and Short Hills Real Estate have a delightful mixture of interesting architecture and styles. The Wyoming section, on the southeast side of town includes Tudors, Colonials, historic farmhouses and Victorians. The South Mountain area has many Tudors and English Colonials and borders on Taylor Park. A variety of styles are found in the Country Club section, which was built around 1950. The Glenwood section is in walking distance to the train from the south side of the station and the homes are mostly colonials built in the late 1930's. The Old Short Hills neighborhood, located on the north side of the train station, has winding tree-lined streets with larger properties and many of the most prestigious homes in town. Homes in Millburn - Short Hills are available begining in the low 200s and up to $5 million.