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The article discusses the popularity of Colonial Revival houses in U.S. suburbs in the late 19th-century, focusing on the house Irvingcroft, designed by architect Frank Edwin Wallis for photography entrepreneur Washington Irving Lincoln Adams in the suburb of Montclair, New Jersey. The author traces the background of the Adams family and the development of Montclair as a suburb of New York City. Other topics include Wallis's career, Colonial style homes in 19th-century Montclair, and the construction of Irvingcroft in 1907.

The article profiles Susan Nowicki, the director of engineering at national security firm Northrop Grumman Corp., who enjoys working as the operations at Northrop are interesting and challenging.