SOMERSET PARK
A T L E V I T T O W N
N E W J E R S E Y
T O D A Y
SOMERSET PARK
A T L E V I T T O W N
N E W J E R S E Y
T O D A Y
View current photos of Somerset Park at Levittown, N.J. here.
THE COMMUNITY
Somerset Park was the first neighborhood occupied in Levittown, N.J. It is somehwat less of a single, contiguous neighborhood than others in Levittown: it is geographically spread out over five separate, but adjoining groups of homesites, each of which is separated by one of Willingboro's major arterial roadways. In fact, the layout of this neighborhood reflects the pattern of construction as Somerset Park contains three houselines--1958, 1959, and 1960.
Map of Somerset Park showing distribution of houselines.
J. Cresswell Stuart Elementary School
Photo 1 (4/22/2007)
Somerset Park Pool
Photo 1 (4/21/2007)
:: 1958 HOMES ::
Sudberry Lane
Photo 1 (4/21/2007)
Surrey Lane
Photo 1 (4/21/2007)
Photo 2 (4/21/2007)
Photo 3 (4/21/2007)
Photo 4 View from southerly intersection with Sussex Drive. (4/21/2007)
Sussex Drive
Photo 1 View from northerly intersection with Levitt Parkway, opposite Willingboro Plaza. (3/19/2004)
Photo 2 View from northerly intersection with Levitt Parkway, opposite Willingboro Plaza. (3/19/2004)
Photo 3 View from northerly intersection with Levitt Parkway, opposite Willingboro Town Center (formerly Willingboro Plaza). (4/21/2007)
Photo 4 (4/21/2007)
Photo 5 51 Sussex Drive--the first home occupied in Levittown, N.J.--can be seen in the distance (House A of the 1958 houseline). (4/21/2007)
Sheffield Drive
Photo 1 (4/21/2007)
Photo 2 View from Shawmont Lane. (4/21/2007)
Photo 3 View from Shawmont Lane. (4/21/2007)
Southampton Drive
Photo 1 (4/21/2007)
Sunset Road
Photo 1 The homes in Levittown, N.J. are generally within the self-contained street network of each neighborhood. However, a few of the homes front onto the arterial system, like this group of five homes on Sunset Road, which adjoin interior homesites within a section of Somerset Park. (There is also one Levitt home on Charleston Road; see House C under The Houses section below.) (4/22/2007)
:: 1959 HOMES ::
Sedgwick Lane
Photo 1 Looking east from western intersection with Somerset Drive. (4/22/2007)
Photo 2 Looking west toward western intersection with Somerset Drive. (4/22/2007)
Photo 3 View from Stirrup Lane. (4/22/2007)
Somerset Drive
Photo 1 View from Shelbourne Lane. (4/22/2007)
Photo 2 (4/22/2007)
Summit Turn
Photo 1 Short entry street into the Somerset Park neighborhood from Sunset Road. (4/22/2007)
Sunset Road
Photo 1 Looking west toward Stretton Circle. (4/22/2007)
Charleston Road
Photo coming soon.
:: 1960 HOMES::
South Sunset Road
Photo 1 Looking north near Spiralwood Lane. (4/21/2007)
Photo 2 Looking south from intersection with Charleston Road. (4/21/2007)
Spiralwood Lane
Photo 1 View from South Sunset Road. (4/22/2007)
THE HOUSES
:: 1958 HOMES ::
House A
Photo 1 51 Sussex Drive, the first Levitt home occupied at Levittown, N.J. (Contemporary exterior). (8/20/2004)
Photo 2 51 Sussex Drive after undergoing extensive renovations. (4/21/2007)
Photo 3 51 Sussex Drive. (4/21/2007)
Photo 4 51 Sussex Drive. (4/21/2007)
Photo 5 (4/21/2007)
Photo 6 (4/21/2007)
House B
Photo 1 (3/19/2004)
Photo 2 (3/19/2004)
Photo 3 (4/21/2007)
Photo 4 (4/21/2007)
House C
Photo 1 (3/19/2004)
Photo 2 Garage expanded by homeowner; two-car garages would not be available in Levittown until the Manor House and Country Clubber were introduced. (3/19/2004)
Photo 3 (4/21/2007)
Photo 4 (4/21/2007)
Photo 5 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 2. (4/21/2007)
Photo 6 (4/21/2007)
Photo 7 (4/21/2007)
Photo 8 (4/21/2007)
:: 1959 HOMES ::
House A
Photo 1 Rear of House A. Although by 1954, Levitt had relocated the kitchen of its Jubilee Cape Cod model at Levittown, Pa. to the rear of the home and the living room to the front, the 1958-1960 Cape Cod homes of Levittown, N.J. revived the Levitt design of locating the kitchen at the front of the house and the living room at the rear. (6/10/2005)
Photo 2 (4/22/2007)
Photo 3 Side view of home pictured in Photo 2. (4/22/2007)
Photo 4 Rear view of home pictured in Photo 2. (4/22/2007)
House B
Photo 1 (4/30/2004)
Photo 2 (6/10/2005)
Photo 3 (6/10/2005)
Photo 4 (4/22/2007)
Photo 5 Same home pictured in Photo 2. (4/22/2007)
Photo 6 Same home pictured in Photo 2. (4/22/2007)
Photo 7 (4/22/2007)
Photo 8 (4/22/2007)
Photo 9 (4/22/2007)
Photo 10 (4/22/2007)
Photo 11 Same home pictured in Photo 3. (4/22/2007)
Photo 12 Same home pictured in Photo 3. (4/22/2007)
House C (discontinued from 1959 houseline December 1958; replaced by House C2)
Photo 1 (4/22/2007)
Photo 2 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 1. (4/22/2007)
Photo 3 (4/22/2007)
Photo 4 (4/22/2007)
Photo 5 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 4. (4/22/2007)
House C1 (4-Bedroom Colonial introduced December 1958)
Photo 1 This home is the single Levitt home fronting onto Charleston Road, one of the arterial roadways traversing Willingboro. It backs to interior homesites within the Somerset Park neighborhood, and is grouped in a line of several older homes along Charleston Road. This homesite was undoubtedly one of the higher priced homesites "particularly suited for doctors, dentists, or professional people," as advertised in the opening ad (see Philadelphia Inquirer Ad 1 under the Levittown, N.J. in the News section at the Levittown, N.J. home page). Other homes front on Charleston Road at its easterly end in the Hawthorne Park section. (2/11/2005)
Photo 2 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 1. Home is in near original condition, though the windows, front door, and shutters have been replaced. (2/11/2005)
Photo 3 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 1. Note the original decorative wood drops to either side of the front entry. (2/11/2005)
Photo 4 Another view of the home pictured in Photo 1. (2/11/2005)
House C2 (3-Bedroom Colonial; formerly House C)
PHOTO COMING SOON
:: 1960 HOMES ::
House A
Photo 1 (4/22/2007)
House B
Photo 1
House C1
Photo 1
House C2
Photo 1
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