West Windsor Homes

Schenck FarmhouseHomes in the township date to the days of the colonists. In 1797 the township of Windsor was divided into East and West Windsors. One of the earliest homes in the township was the Shenck Farmhouse, now restored and used as the headquarters of the West Windsor Historical Society.

Many of the older homes in the township are the existing farmhouses built in the 1800's. The Shenck and Conover families at one timed owned many of the acres of farmland in the township.

In the early 20th century, West Windsor saw numerous ranch and Cape Cod style homes built in the Princeton Junction section of the township.

In the late 1960's, neighborhoods started sprouting up on the farmland near the Princeton Junction train station along the Pennsylvania Railroad. Commonly known as bi-level, split level and colonial style homes, they were interspersed with some ranch style homes.

Starting in the late 1970's and early 1980's, development firms started to significantly add to the housing stock of the township, with the colonial style home being the home design of choice of the majority of home purchasers.

In the late 1980's, when housing prices spiked and many first time buyers couldn't afford a single family home, a large development of townhomes and condominiums was built in the northwestern portion of the township. The development is called Canal Pointe, with Colonnade Pointe being built shortly thereafter.

McMansionThe housing boom of the mid 90's saw many new neighborhoods sprout out of the corn and potato fields. Calton, Toll, Eastern Properties, Trafalgar, and Sharbell were all involved in the construction of a massive amount of what many people call "McMansions", almost all colonial style with a lot of brick elevations.

In early 2000, K Hovnanian began a large development of townhomes known as Windsor Ponds, which was followed shortly by SGS Communities neighborhood of active adult homes known as The Village Grande.

Currently under construction is a large tract of homes by Toll Brothers (Estates at Princeton Junction), a mixture of townhomes and single family units. Centex Homes is building a development of active adult homes known as Elements at West Windsor.

Information on the various neighborhoods is available at this page.