The Montrose Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Portions of the content on this web page were adapted from a copy of the original nomination document.

The Montrose Park Historic District in the Township of South Orange Village, Essex County, New Jersey contains an excellent collection of Victorian and period revival architecture dating mostly from 1870 to 1930, with some earlier and some later exceptions. When Montrose Park’s impressive architecture is combined with its wide, tree-lined thoroughfares, landscaped boulevards, wide setbacks, and Victorian gas lighting, the feeling of a late nineteenth to early twentieth century suburban residential enclave, isolated for, yet near the city, is readily conveyed.

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