Notes:
Atwoods Highwood Park, now a Historic District represents an interesting case study in Victorian architectural history. On the site are a number of houses executed from the pattern books of Daniel T. Atwood, a New York based architect who spent much of the 1860s and 70s in Tenafly working on this project. His pattern books are an excellent source of designs in the Stick Style. Two of the extant buildings in this historic district are Stick Style, 3 Huyler Avenue and 8-10 Huyler Avenue. 168 Serpentine Road (pictured above) is Design 1 in Atwoods 1871 Country and Suburban Homes. 167 Serpentine Road and 3 Huyler Avenue are from Modern American Homesteads, 1876. By 1880, Atwood had left the area but the development continued to grow resulting in a very fine collection of Victorian and early 20 th Century homes. See also the Tenafly Railroad Station.

Bibliography:
Atwood, Daniel Topping. Atwood's Country and Suburban Houses: Illustrated with About 150 Engravings. New York: Orange Judd & Co., 1871.

Atwood, Daniel Topping. Atwood's Modern American Homesteads: Illustrated by Forty- Six Plates. New York: A.J. Bicknell & Co., 1876.

Atwood, Daniel Topping. Country Houses and How to Build Them. Originally published: Atwood's Country and suburban houses. New York : Orange Judd & Co., 1871. New York: Lyons Press, 2001. NA7561.A89 2001

Brown, T. Robins. The Architecture of Bergen County, New Jersey : The Colonial Period to the Twentieth Century. New Brunswick, NJ: RutgersUniversity Press, 2000. UMD NA730.N362 B473 2001

Guter, Robert T. and Janet W. Foster. Building by the Book: Pattern Book Architecture in New Jersey. New Brunswick, NJ: RutgersUniversity Press, 1992.

Wall, David R. Atwood's Highwood Park Historic District. Tenafly, NJ : Historic Preservation Commission, 1997.

Photo Source:
Bruce Barnes, March, 2004

167 Serpentine Rd
3 Huyler Avenue
8-10 Huyler Rd
9-10 Huyler Rd