Discovering Kenilworth’s “model homes,” Part 7. The largest single development of homes in Kenilworth took place during 1940-1942. The town was still dealing with the fallout of the Great Depression. Hundreds of properties were in arrears in tax payments. This put an enormous strain on the local government and board of education. In the late 1930s over three hundred lots across from the Harding School were sold by the Borough in a tax sale to the developer Blue Ridge Manor Co. for $35,000. The tract of land ran from S. 17th St. west to what was S. 4th St. or the Shady Ln. area today. This sale was an enormous boost to the local government treasury. As a point of reference, the entire school budget for 1939 was $31,400. As homes were built and sold, property taxes began to be paid on lots that previously were contributing nothing.