Local owners have also turned century-old homes into Bed & Breakfasts, which are especially popular in the fall.

The site is in an area of century-old homes that are more modest than the grand houses for which parts of Montclair are known.

On the avenues running out from the center, grand century-old homes are mixed with glass skyscrapers.

For 15 years, Grove Street and its handsome century-old homes and towering maples have been a favorite backdrop for film companies making television commercials.

The result is neighborhoods where century-old homes, retaining much of their original charm, flank more modest housing built in the 50's and 60's.

Around Arlington Avenue and Warwick Street, in the northern section of the community, there are century-old restored homes.

Although Maplewood is hardly homogenous, it remains a place where many of the century-old Victorian homes are inhabited by white, upper-middle-class families.

Noting that the street was lined with century-old homes, she added, "To have this in the middle of the block would be almost a desecration."

John Spencer was a historical renovation contractor by trade who bought a century-old home in Lincoln some 20 years ago.

The community consists of a number of century-old homes and several small businesses.