Vintage Photos Thomas S. Kingman 1840-1903 In 1892 merchant Thomas Sewall Kingman moved to South Orange and built a mansion on Elliot Place. He later pioneered the development of Montrose Park with the goal of providing beautiful homes for wealthy men who had neither the time nor inclination to attend to the details of building." Mr. Kingman and his wife later owned an eclectic late-Victorian home on Centre Street. (Private collection) Return to Vintage Photos