Twin Maples

e Twin Maples would be built. The property was sold to Mr. James Foley, a prominent New York Attorney, who commissioned Norris to build Twin Maples. Karoline Davis and James Foley had no children and occupied the house until James' death in 1916. The house was sold to Mr. Frederic N. Collins in 1918. Frederick Collins was president of James E. Ward & Co., steamship agents and brokers and was known in downtown Manhattan as the "Sugar King" for bringing sugar as cargo from the Caribbean. The Collins had one child, Lydia and conducted a lively household entertaining extensively until Frederick's death in 1947 at the age of 90. Mrs. Collins sold Twin Maples to The Fortnightly Club of Summit in 1949. The house gained its historical status in 1996 and is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places. Lydia Collins attended Kent Place School in Summit and married Rev. Dr. W. de Forest. Lydia shared many memories and photographs with the club and lived in Summit until her death in 2001 at the age of 102.