 Summer Hill has a mix of Federation @-@ era houses , with medium density apartment blocks near the railway station . Local independent business people run most of the shops . The local council has defined a village character for the suburb . Summer Hill is a suburb rich in heritage . More than one hundred properties are heritage listed , and the strong feelings of some residents of the suburb towards protecting the local architecture has seen the introduction of a heritage review , which is expected to add more properties to the heritage register . 
