Essex County's most architecturally vibrant community
Montclair is frequently called "New Jersey's Brooklyn" — a comparison that captures its walkable downtown, arts scene, and culturally diverse community, but undersells its architectural distinction. The older neighborhoods of Upper Montclair and the streets surrounding Edgemont Park and Nishuane Park contain some of the finest late-Victorian and early 20th century residential architecture in the state. Queen Annes with wrap-around porches and complex shingle-pattern rooflines, Craftsman bungalows with exposed rafter tails and low-slope additions, and Shingle Style homes with continuous curved surfaces — these are the homes that define Montclair's visual identity.
Roofing these homes well requires more than experience with asphalt shingles. It requires understanding the visual stakes of material selection, the technical demands of complex multi-pitch geometry, and the community's expectation that the work will honor rather than diminish the home's character. That's what we bring to every Montclair project.
