CLOSE TO HOME - The Forman Home in Westmont NJ

 My grandparents, Edgar Charles Forman and Annie Elizabeth Baragwanath were planning a fall wedding in 1922. During that spring they bought some land in Westmont, New Jersey, just two blocks away from a large farm known as Morgan's Orchard. In that area, they saw their Dutch Colonial dream house. They had a modified version of the house built during that summer.

Edgar and Annie were married on October 5, 1922 and immediately moved into their new home.

3 boys were born in quick succession, then a daughter, Mildred. 

Later Ed purchased the corner lot next to the house, which was used for various purposes during the children's growing up years, including a chicken coop and some goats and even a calf at one time! Finally the lot was transformed into a beautiful garden with walkways, a pond, and a wishing well. 

Mildred outside the family home, 1940s

After Mildred married Nick Montana in 1950, they moved into the family home and stayed. Mildred took care of her parents as they aged, and her husband as his health declined. He passed away in 2014. She is 90 and still living in the family home.

The home (thanks Google!) in 2017. Nearly 100 years after it was built, it has never been owned by anyone else but the original Forman family.