National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey facts for kids
List of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
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This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates".
Current listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Location | City or town | Description | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Abbott Farm Archeological Site |
(#76001158) |
John A. Roebling Park, other nearby public and private lands 40°11′10″N 74°43′37″W / 40.186°N 74.727°W |
Hamilton and Bordentown Townships, Bordentown | Paleoindian settlement, 500 BC-500 AD. Extends into Burlington County. | |
2 | John Abbott II House |
(#76001159) |
2200 Kuser Rd. 40°12′14″N 74°40′51″W / 40.203889°N 74.680833°W |
Hamilton Township | Used to hide state treasury during American Revolution | |
3 | Abbott-Decou House |
(#76001160) |
58 Soloff Dr. 40°11′08″N 74°43′11″W / 40.185556°N 74.719722°W |
Hamilton Township | Fine example of 18th century Quaker Georgian architecture. | |
4 | Adams and Sickles Building |
(#80002498) |
1 W. End Ave. 40°13′36″N 74°46′45″W / 40.226667°N 74.779167°W |
Trenton | Focal point for West End neighborhood, remembered for soda fountain and corner druggist. | |
5 | American Cigar Company Building |
(#11000965) |
176 Division St. 40°12′45″N 74°44′41″W / 40.212498°N 74.744743°W |
Trenton | Built in 1903 as part of Trenton's vibrant cigar industry | |
6 | Anderson-Capner House |
(#73001107) |
700 Trumbull Ave. 40°14′52″N 74°44′06″W / 40.247755°N 74.734912°W |
Lawrence | Pre-revolutionary farmhouse built 1764 | |
7 | Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196) |
(#86001508) |
Address Restricted |
Trenton | ||
8 | Baker-Brearley House |
(#79001499) |
East of Lawrenceville on Meadow Rd 40°17′33″N 74°42′03″W / 40.292504°N 74.700792°W |
Lawrenceville | Georgian house built 1761 | |
9 | Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District |
(#11000872) |
Bear Tavern Rd. & Jacobs Creek Rd. 40°17′21″N 74°50′29″W / 40.289151°N 74.841399°W |
Hopewell Township, Ewing Township | Colonial rural landscape, route of Continental Army in 1776 | |
10 | Bellevue Avenue Colored School |
(#96001547) |
81 Bellevue Ave. 40°13′32″N 74°46′17″W / 40.225556°N 74.771389°W |
Trenton | ||
11 | Berkeley Square Historic District |
(#80002499) |
Roughly bounded by W. State St., Parkside, Riverside, and Overbrook Aves. 40°13′49″N 74°47′23″W / 40.230278°N 74.789722°W |
Trenton | ||
12 | Bow Hill |
(#73001111) |
477 Jeremiah Ave. off Lalor St. 40°11′32″N 74°44′39″W / 40.192222°N 74.744167°W |
Hamilton Township | ||
13 | Charles Brearley House |
(#95000407) |
73 N. Clinton Ave. 40°13′23″N 74°45′18″W / 40.223056°N 74.755°W |
Trenton | ||
14 | Broad Street National Bank |
(#07001404) |
143 E. State St. 40°13′12″N 74°45′43″W / 40.219907°N 74.762068°W |
Trenton | ||
15 | Camden and Amboy Railroad Right of Way Site |
(#16000252) |
N. side of Rogers Ave. about 100 yds. W. of Mercer St. 40°16′09″N 74°31′31″W / 40.269291°N 74.525172°W |
Hightstown | ||
16 | Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. Cigar Factory |
(#79001500) |
507 Grand St. 40°12′11″N 74°44′45″W / 40.203056°N 74.745833°W |
Trenton | Most architecturally distinctive industrial building in Trenton | |
17 | Grover Cleveland Home |
(#66000463) |
15 Hodge Rd. 40°21′05″N 74°40′04″W / 40.351389°N 74.667778°W |
Princeton | ||
18 | Crosswicks Creek Site III |
(#87001795) |
Address Restricted |
Bordentown | ||
19 | Delaware and Raritan Canal |
(#73001105) |
Follows the Delaware River to Trenton, then E to New Brunswick 40°19′55″N 74°39′09″W / 40.331930°N 74.652628°W |
Princeton | ||
20 | Gen. Philemon Dickinson House |
(#74001172) |
46 Colonial Ave. 40°13′36″N 74°47′01″W / 40.226667°N 74.783611°W |
Trenton | ||
21 | Douglass House |
(#70000387) |
Corner of Front and Montgomery Sts. 40°13′08″N 74°45′42″W / 40.218913°N 74.761726°W |
Trenton | George Washington's headquarters prior to the Battle of Princeton | |
22 | Drumthwacket |
(#75001142) |
344 Stockton Rd. 40°20′22″N 74°40′29″W / 40.339444°N 74.674722°W |
Princeton | Official residence of the governor of New Jersey | |
23 | East Trenton Public Library |
(#08000134) |
701 N. Clinton St. 40°14′00″N 74°44′30″W / 40.233255°N 74.741769°W |
Trenton | ||
24 | Albert Einstein House |
(#76002297) |
112 Mercer St. 40°20′40″N 74°39′59″W / 40.344444°N 74.666389°W |
Princeton | ||
25 | First Presbyterian Church |
(#05000967) |
120 East State St. 40°13′14″N 74°45′48″W / 40.220446°N 74.763312°W |
Trenton | ||
26 | First Presbyterian Church of Pennington |
(#11000591) |
13 S. Main St. 40°19′39″N 74°47′25″W / 40.3275°N 74.790278°W |
Pennington | ||
27 | Golden Swan-True American |
(#08000361) |
101-107 S. Warren St. 40°13′09″N 74°45′58″W / 40.2192°N 74.766011°W |
Trenton | ||
28 | William Green House |
(#73001106) |
Metzger Drive 40°15′53″N 74°46′40″W / 40.264722°N 74.777778°W |
Ewing Township | Historic farmhouse, dating to 1717. On Preservation New Jersey's list of 10 most endangered historic sites | |
29 | Green-Reading House |
(#98000237) |
107 Wilburtha Rd. 40°15′38″N 74°49′32″W / 40.260427°N 74.825467°W |
Ewing Township | Federal style farmhouse from ca. 1797 | |
30 | Harbourton Historic District |
(#74001167) |
Jct. of Harbourton/Rocktown Rd. and Harbourton/Mt. Airy Rd. 40°21′08″N 74°51′12″W / 40.352222°N 74.853333°W |
Harbourton | ||
31 | John D. Hart House |
(#72000800) |
Curlis Ave. 40°19′18″N 74°46′59″W / 40.321667°N 74.783056°W |
Pennington | Built ca. 1800, fine example of a clapboard house | |
32 | Hart-Hoch House |
(#73001109) |
Southwest of Pennington on CR 546 and Scotch Rd. 40°18′34″N 74°48′43″W / 40.309444°N 74.811944°W |
Hopewell Township | Federal style home, ca. 1800 | |
33 | Joseph Henry House |
(#66000464) |
Princeton University campus 40°20′58″N 74°39′32″W / 40.349444°N 74.658889°W |
Princeton | ||
34 | Donald Grant Herring Estate |
(#91001927) |
52, 72 and 75 Arreton Rd., Princeton 40°22′56″N 74°39′57″W / 40.382222°N 74.665833°W |
Princeton | ||
35 | Higbee Street School |
(#95000409) |
20 Bellevue Ave. 40°14′04″N 74°45′57″W / 40.234444°N 74.765833°W |
Trenton | ||
36 | Highfields |
(#94001096) |
End of Lindbergh Rd., East Amwell Township 40°25′26″N 74°46′04″W / 40.423889°N 74.767778°W |
Hopewell Township | Home of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Site of the Lindbergh kidnapping. Extends into Hunterdon County | |
37 | Hog Island Cranes |
(#80002500) |
Trenton Marine Terminal 40°11′27″N 74°45′22″W / 40.190833°N 74.756111°W |
Trenton | ||
38 | Hopewell Station |
(#84002728) |
Railroad Pl. 40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W / 40.391389°N 74.763333°W |
Hopewell | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (TR) | |
39 | House at 379 West State Street |
(#80002501) |
379 W. State St. 40°13′29″N 74°46′41″W / 40.224722°N 74.778056°W |
Trenton | Queen Anne revival house | |
40 | Hunt Farmstead |
(#87002555) |
197 Blackwell Rd. 40°19′18″N 74°45′39″W / 40.321778°N 74.760718°W |
Hopewell Township | ||
41 | In and Out Social Club |
(#87000513) |
714-716 S. Clinton Ave. 40°12′34″N 74°45′06″W / 40.209444°N 74.751667°W |
Trenton | Built in 1893 for "social, intellectual, and recreative purposes." | |
42 | Jugtown Historic District |
(#86003670) |
Nassau and Harrison Sts., Harrison St. N, and Evelyn Pl. 40°21′14″N 74°38′49″W / 40.353889°N 74.646944°W |
Princeton | ||
43 | King's Highway Historic District |
(#00001493) |
NJ 27, US 206 40°20′54″N 74°39′52″W / 40.348261°N 74.664502°W |
Lawrenceville, Princeton | ||
44 | Kingston Mill Historic District |
(#86000707) |
Roughly bounded by Herrontown, River, Princeton-Kingston Rds., and lots west of Princeton 40°22′25″N 74°37′14″W / 40.373577°N 74.620630°W |
Princeton | ||
45 | Rudolph V. Kuser Estate |
(#79001501) |
315 W. State St. 40°13′23″N 74°46′36″W / 40.223056°N 74.776667°W |
Trenton | ||
46 | Lake Carnegie Historic District |
(#90001000) |
Roughly bounded by Lake Carnegie shoreline from Conrail bridge at west end to dam west of Kingston at east end 40°20′51″N 74°38′12″W / 40.3475°N 74.636667°W |
Princeton | ||
47 | Lawrence Township Historic District |
(#72000799) |
Lawrenceville and vicinity N, including both sides of U.S. 206 40°18′01″N 74°43′12″W / 40.300278°N 74.72°W |
Lawrenceville | ||
48 | Lawrenceville School |
(#86000158) |
Main St. 40°17′45″N 74°43′49″W / 40.295833°N 74.730278°W |
Lawrenceville | ||
49 | Ichabod Leigh House |
(#75001139) |
Pennington-Rocky Hill Rd. 40°22′21″N 74°43′55″W / 40.3725°N 74.731944°W |
Hopewell | ||
50 | Thomas Maddock's Sons Company |
(#08000178) |
American Metro Boulevard 40°15′27″N 74°42′17″W / 40.257383°N 74.704672°W |
Hamilton Township | Sanitary pottery manufacturing plant built 1924-25 | |
51 | Mansion House |
(#73001112) |
Cadwalader Park 40°14′12″N 74°47′22″W / 40.236667°N 74.789444°W |
Trenton | ||
52 | Maybury Hill |
(#71000502) |
346 Snowden Lane 40°22′02″N 74°38′34″W / 40.367222°N 74.642778°W |
Princeton | ||
53 | Mercer Street Friends Center |
(#71000505) |
151 Mercer St. 40°13′02″N 74°45′40″W / 40.217222°N 74.761111°W |
Trenton | ||
54 | Mill Hill Historic District |
(#77000880) |
Roughly bounded by Clay, Jackson, Front, Market, Broad, and Greenwood Sts. 40°13′01″N 74°45′40″W / 40.216944°N 74.761111°W |
Trenton | ||
55 | Morven |
(#71000503) |
55 Stockton St. 40°20′51″N 74°40′01″W / 40.3475°N 74.666944°W |
Princeton | ||
56 | Mott School and Second Street School |
(#86000809) |
Centre and 643-645 Second Sts. 40°12′07″N 74°45′24″W / 40.201944°N 74.756667°W |
Trenton | ||
57 | Mount Rose Distillery |
(#96001471) |
Address Restricted 40°22′03″N 74°44′49″W / 40.3674138888889°N 74.7470833333333°W |
Hopewell | ||
58 | Mountain Avenue Historic District |
(#94001604) |
73-143 Mountain Ave. 40°21′25″N 74°40′25″W / 40.356944°N 74.673611°W |
Princeton | ||
59 | Nassau Hall, Princeton University |
(#66000465) |
Princeton University campus 40°20′55″N 74°39′34″W / 40.348611°N 74.659444°W |
Princeton | ||
60 | Old Barracks |
(#71000506) |
S. Willow St. 40°13′10″N 74°46′07″W / 40.219444°N 74.768611°W |
Trenton | ||
61 | Old Eagle Tavern |
(#72000801) |
431, 433 S. Broad St. 40°12′47″N 74°45′34″W / 40.213056°N 74.759444°W |
Trenton | ||
62 | Old Ryan Farm |
(#71000507) |
Federal City Rd. 40°16′47″N 74°46′15″W / 40.279833°N 74.770889°W |
Trenton | ||
63 | Isaac Pearson House |
(#05001568) |
Hobson Ave. at Emiline Ave. 40°11′16″N 74°42′44″W / 40.187778°N 74.712222°W |
Hamilton Township | ||
64 | Pennington Railroad Station |
(#74001170) |
Corner of Franklin and Green Ave. 40°19′58″N 74°47′41″W / 40.332778°N 74.794722°W |
Pennington | ||
65 | Penns Neck Baptist Church |
(#89002160) |
US 1 at Princeton-Hightstown Rd. 40°19′55″N 74°38′15″W / 40.331944°N 74.6375°W |
Penns Neck | ||
66 | Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge |
(#79001502) |
Spans Delaware River 40°12′24″N 74°46′09″W / 40.206667°N 74.769167°W |
Trenton | ||
67 | Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station |
(#79001503) |
260 N. Willow St. 40°13′34″N 74°46′03″W / 40.226111°N 74.7675°W |
Trenton | ||
68 | Joseph Phillips Farm |
(#77000879) |
North of Titusville on Hunter Road 40°20′23″N 74°53′56″W / 40.339722°N 74.898889°W |
Hopewell Township | Started by Joseph Phillips in 1732, now the Howell Living History Farm, which operates and preserves it as it was in 1900 | |
69 | Pleasant Valley Historic District |
(#91000676) |
Centered on jct. of Pleasant Valley Rd. with Woodens Ln. and Hunter Rd., Hopewell and West Amwell Twps. 40°20′18″N 74°53′44″W / 40.338333°N 74.895556°W |
Lambertville | ||
70 | President's House (aka Maclean House) |
(#71000504) |
Nassau St. 40°20′56″N 74°39′36″W / 40.348889°N 74.66°W |
Princeton | ||
71 | Princeton Battlefield |
(#66000466) |
Princeton Battlefield State Park • Boundary increase (listed October 10, 1989, refnum 89000761): Roughly Quaker Rd. from Stockton Rd. to Stony Brook 40°19′45″N 74°40′36″W / 40.329167°N 74.676667°W |
Princeton | ||
72 | Princeton Historic District |
(#75001143) |
Irregular pattern between Lytle St. and Haslet Ave. from Lovers Lane to Olden Sts. 40°20′48″N 74°39′51″W / 40.346667°N 74.664167°W |
Princeton | ||
73 | Princeton Ice Company |
(#07000874) |
57 Mountain Ave. 40°21′26″N 74°40′17″W / 40.357278°N 74.671331°W |
Princeton | ||
74 | Prospect |
(#85002434) |
Princeton University campus 40°20′49″N 74°39′24″W / 40.346944°N 74.656667°W |
Princeton | ||
75 | Roebling Machine Shop |
(#97000932) |
675 S. Clinton Ave. 40°12′35″N 74°45′11″W / 40.209722°N 74.753056°W |
Trenton | Oldest surviving building in the Roebling complex, built innovative wire rope making machines | |
76 | John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3 |
(#12000528) |
Bounded by Hamilton Ave., Clark, Elmer, & E. Canal Sts. 40°12′46″N 74°45′19″W / 40.21267°N 74.755184°W |
Trenton | Northern portion of Roebling complex, built wire for North Sea Mine Barrage, Golden Gate Bridge, among other structures | |
77 | John Rogers House |
(#78001770) |
South of Princeton on S. Post Rd. 40°15′45″N 74°38′52″W / 40.26241389°N 74.64787222°W |
West Windsor | ||
78 | Sacred Heart Church |
(#02000434) |
343 S. Broad St. 40°12′59″N 74°45′40″W / 40.216389°N 74.761111°W |
Trenton | ||
79 | Samuel Sloan House |
(#74001168) |
238 S. Main St. 40°15′58″N 74°31′32″W / 40.266111°N 74.525556°W |
Hightstown | ||
80 | Smith-Ribsam House |
(#88000722) |
45 Pine Knoll Dr. 40°16′27″N 74°43′28″W / 40.274167°N 74.724444°W |
Eldridge Park | ||
81 | Somerset Roller Mills |
(#74001171) |
NJ 29 40°16′45″N 74°51′13″W / 40.279167°N 74.853611°W |
Titusville | ||
82 | St. Michael's Episcopal Church |
(#82003280) |
140 N. Warren St. 40°13′20″N 74°45′55″W / 40.222222°N 74.765278°W |
Trenton | ||
83 | State House District |
(#76001161) |
Roughly bounded by Capitol Plaza, Willow, State and Lafayette Sts. • Boundary increase (listed April 2, 1992, refnum 92000295): W. State St. south side, west of New Jersey State House 40°13′14″N 74°46′15″W / 40.220556°N 74.770833°W |
Trenton | ||
84 | Israel Stevens House |
(#05000176) |
2167 Brunswick Ave. 40°15′19″N 74°44′00″W / 40.255278°N 74.733333°W |
Lawrence | ||
85 | Stockton Street Historic District |
(#05001331) |
126-136 Stockton St., 219-237 Rogers Ave. 40°16′15″N 74°31′42″W / 40.2709°N 74.5284°W |
Hightstown | ||
86 | Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex |
(#83001603) |
Lalor Street at Stokely Ave. 40°11′59″N 74°45′16″W / 40.199722°N 74.754444°W |
Trenton | ||
87 | Joseph Stout House |
(#74001169) |
Province Line Rd. 40°24′34″N 74°44′44″W / 40.409444°N 74.745556°W |
Hopewell | ||
88 | Titusville Historic District |
(#83001604) |
River Dr. 40°18′22″N 74°52′44″W / 40.306111°N 74.878889°W |
Titusville | ||
89 | William Trent House |
(#70000388) |
539 S. Warren St. 40°12′46″N 74°45′58″W / 40.212778°N 74.766111°W |
Trenton | ||
90 | Trenton and Mercer County War Memorial-Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building |
(#86003480) |
W. Lafayette St. 40°13′06″N 74°46′06″W / 40.218333°N 74.768333°W |
Trenton | ||
91 | Trenton Battle Monument |
(#77000881) |
Warren and Broad Streets 40°13′33″N 74°45′53″W / 40.225833°N 74.764722°W |
Trenton | Commemorates the Battle of Trenton | |
92 | Trenton City Hall |
(#78001771) |
309 State St. 40°13′12″N 74°45′34″W / 40.22°N 74.759444°W |
Trenton | ||
93 | Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge |
(#75001621) |
Spans Delaware River between Morrisville, PA and Trenton, NJ 40°13′11″N 74°46′42″W / 40.219722°N 74.778333°W |
Trenton | ||
94 | Trenton Ferry Historic District |
(#13000355) |
Roughly bounded by South Broad and Federal Streets, the Delaware River and the Amtrak Northeast Corridor 40°12′35″N 74°45′34″W / 40.2098°N 74.7595°W |
Trenton | Working class urban mixed-use neighborhood of row houses, duplexes, churches, and commercial buildings | |
95 | Trenton Friends Meeting House |
(#08000362) |
142 E. Hanover St. 40°13′16″N 74°45′46″W / 40.221181°N 74.762644°W |
Trenton | ||
96 | Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp |
(#84002730) |
999 Lower Ferry Rd. 40°15′33″N 74°47′58″W / 40.259167°N 74.799444°W |
Ewing Township | ||
97 | Tusculum |
(#78003171) |
North of Princeton on Cherry Hill Rd. 40°21′58″N 74°40′17″W / 40.366111°N 74.671389°W |
Princeton | ||
98 | U.S. Post Office and Courthouse |
(#12000309) |
402 E. State St. 40°13′16″N 74°45′26″W / 40.221132°N 74.757314°W |
Trenton | ||
99 | University Cottage Club |
(#99001315) |
51 Prospect Ave. 40°20′53″N 74°39′07″W / 40.348056°N 74.651944°W |
Princeton | ||
100 | Col. John Van Cleve Homestead |
(#83001605) |
Northwest of Pennington on Poor Farm Rd. 40°21′11″N 74°49′27″W / 40.353056°N 74.824167°W |
Hopewell Township | ||
101 | Jeremiah Vandyke House |
(#78001769) |
Featherbed Lane 40°24′34″N 74°46′51″W / 40.409444°N 74.780833°W |
Hopewell | ||
102 | Washington Crossing State Park |
(#66000650) |
Titusville, New Jersey, on the Delaware River 40°17′57″N 74°52′07″W / 40.299167°N 74.868611°W |
Titusville | ||
103 | Washington Road Elm Allée |
(#98001571) |
Washington Rd., bet. the Penns Neck Circle and The D&R Canal 40°20′08″N 74°38′37″W / 40.335556°N 74.643611°W |
West Windsor | ||
104 | Isaac Watson House |
(#74001173) |
151 Westcott St. 40°11′25″N 74°43′39″W / 40.190278°N 74.7275°W |
Hamilton Township | ||
105 | John Welling House |
(#73001110) |
Curlis Ave. at Birch St. 40°19′17″N 74°46′58″W / 40.321389°N 74.782778°W |
Pennington | Rare example of a Dutch clapboard and shingle house | |
106 | West Trenton Station |
(#84004031) |
Sullivan Way 40°15′27″N 74°48′57″W / 40.2575°N 74.815833°W |
West Trenton | part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | |
107 | John White House |
(#73001108) |
1 mile (1.6 km) north of Lawrenceville on Cold Soil Rd. 40°18′52″N 74°43′42″W / 40.314444°N 74.728333°W |
Lawrenceville | ||
108 | Windsor Historic District |
(#88001710) |
Roughly bounded by properties along Main St. and Church St. 40°14′27″N 74°35′06″W / 40.240833°N 74.585°W |
Robbinsville | ||
109 | Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children |
(#05000125) |
35 Quarry St. 40°21′19″N 74°39′46″W / 40.355278°N 74.662778°W |
Princeton | ||
110 | Jeremiah Woolsey House |
(#75001140) |
Southwest of Pennington on Washington Crossing Rd. 40°18′32″N 74°49′36″W / 40.308889°N 74.826667°W |
Hopewell Township | Dutch Colonial house built 1765. Jeremiah Woolsey served as a commissioner to recruit men to serve in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. |
Former listings
Name on the Register | Image | Date listed | Date removed | Location | City or town | Summary | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Princessville Inn |
(#80002497) |
|
E of Lawrenceville at 3510 Princeton Pike |
Lawrence Township | Burned down, adjacent cemetery is extant |
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