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Llewellyn Park is thought to be the country's first planned residential community, and the site of the first large-scale naturalization of crocus, narcissus, and jonquils. The community features 175 homes on 425 acres (172 ha) and is located 12 miles (19 km) west of New York City .
Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey, holds the distinction of being the oldest gated community in America. Its history dates back to the mid-19th century, when it was founded by Llewellyn Solomon Haskell, a wealthy businessman and real estate developer.
Llewellyn Park is known as the first such community and is important in the history of the American suburb for its design, its significance as a prototypical planned community and for the fact that today it retains much of the common parklands with a degree of integrity. HISTORY OF LLEWELLYN PARK & THE RAMBLE.
Llewellyn Park is thought to be the country's first planned residential community, and the site of the first large-scale naturalization of crocus, narcissus, and jonquils. The landscaping is in the 19th century romantic style of New York's Central Park, and includes winding paths, and rare ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowers.
Located in West Orange New Jersey just 12 miles from Manhattan, Llewellyn Park is America's oldest planned community. Its idyllic and pastoral design has influenced countless communities around the world, and inspired the design of New York's Central Park.
Llewellyn Park, begun in 1853 by businessman Llewellyn Haskell, is the first romantically landscaped planned residential community in the United States.
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750-acre Llewellyn Park is comprised of 173 homes networked around a 50-acre parcel of common land, a series of ravines known as the Ramble.
