Look inside the 120-year-old Maplewood mansion built by hand that’s being sold for $1.3M – NJ.com

“It gave me a sense of security, but it didn’t’ make me feel any better than anybody else,” Crandall said.

Now 95 and residing in New Providence, Crandall moved out last year after her husband, Charles, to whom she had been married 70 years, died in 2017. She returned last weekend to the home where she and Charles raised four children when realtor Robert Northfield held an open house.

The home’s sale has generated a lot of intrigue, and profiles on local news sites like The Village Green in Maplewood.

More than 1,000 curious visitors were there, too. They flocked to get a peek at the renovations and the grand structure that had never been on the market. Crandall’s family had been the only owner since it was built by her father, Benjamin F. Jones, between 1897 and 1899.

“I was thrilled with what they did,” Crandall said of the renovations. 

Northfield said JTC Enterprises LLC, a developer in Pottstown, restored the home after Crandall sold it last year. The sale price now is $1.3 million.