If you're driving down Elton-Adelphia Road late at night and a shadowy visage appears on horseback -- and that dark figure is missing his head -- you may have wandered into Sleepy Hollow.
Freehold Township, New Jersey pre-dates to the 1650's. Fortune favored the brave George Washington when he engaged the British during the Battle of Monmouth. Today a state park sits where volleys of musket balls pierced the hot summer air on June 28, 1778.
I remember reading Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow and seeing the Headless Horseman behind every maple in Westerleigh Park at night. Thirty years later along came Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci and Christopher Walkin on the silver screen, terrifying me a second time.
But somewhere in between the book and the movie ground broke in Freehold Township, New Jersey and the peaceful, sedate Sleepy Hollow section of Freehold NJ (or subdivision) was born. Most Sleepy Hollow homes were built during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Sleepy Hollow encompasses a variety of "drives" notably:
Coachman Drive South
Coachman Drive North
Hampton Drive
Heritage Drive
Old Post Road
Portage Drive
Woodstock Place.
What type of homes were built? A mix of Split levels, Dutch Colonials and center home Colonials. The model names harken right out of literature: The Katrina, Van Tassel's Castle, Baltus, the Washington Irving.
How big are Sleepy Hollow Freehold NJ Houses for Sale? On the lower end 2,800 square feet and on the upper end 3,800 square feet. The Sleepy Hollow development of Freehold NJ is zoned Residential R-25.
How much do these Freehold New Jersey Homes For Sale cost? List prices vary from the low $400,000's to the mid $500,000's. Currently there are six (6) Freehold MLS listings for sale located in the Sleepy Hollow neighborhood, including our current Weichert Realtor offering.
Buying or selling a home in Sleepy Hollow or perhaps you're interested in general information for Freehold New Jersey 07728 real estate? Please contact Andrew today. We can discuss buyer information for the area as well as me representing you as a Buyer's Agent.
Call (732) 946-9400 or E-MAIL ANDREW.
Andrew J. Lenza, ABR GRI MBA Broker Associate
Weichert Realtors, 43 East Main Street, Holmdel New Jersey 07733
Office (732) 946-9400 and Mobile (732) 580-0822
(c) Copyright, 2008. Andrew J. Lenza, All Rights Reserved
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This is a very intersting posting, thanks for sharing this. I think it's amazing that so much New Jersey real estate has a lot of old connections. Make me wonder about the origin of my own house!
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