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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".

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 31, 2017.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Abbott Farm Archeological Site		December 8, 1976 (#76001158)	John A. Roebling Park, other nearby public and private lands 40°11′10″N 74°43′37″W	Hamilton and Bordentown Townships, Bordentown	Paleoindian settlement, 500 BC-500 AD. Extends into Burlington County.
2	John Abbott II House		June 18, 1976 (#76001159)	2200 Kuser Rd. 40°12′14″N 74°40′51″W	Hamilton Township	Used to hide state treasury during American Revolution
3	Abbott-Decou House		July 1, 1976 (#76001160)	58 Soloff Dr. 40°11′08″N 74°43′11″W	Hamilton Township	Fine example of 18th century Quaker Georgian architecture.
4	Adams and Sickles Building		January 31, 1980 (#80002498)	1 W. End Ave. 40°13′36″N 74°46′45″W	Trenton	Focal point for West End neighborhood, remembered for soda fountain and corner druggist.
5	American Cigar Company Building		December 30, 2011 (#11000965)	176 Division St. 40°12′45″N 74°44′41″W	Trenton	Built in 1903 as part of Trenton's vibrant cigar industry
6	Anderson-Capner House		April 3, 1973 (#73001107)	700 Trumbull Ave. 40°14′52″N 74°44′06″W	Lawrence	Pre-revolutionary farmhouse built 1764
7	Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196)		August 14, 1986 (#86001508)	Address Restricted	Trenton
8	Baker-Brearley House		August 31, 1979 (#79001499)	East of Lawrenceville on Meadow Rd 40°17′33″N 74°42′03″W	Lawrenceville	Georgian house built 1761
9	Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District		November 30, 2011 (#11000872)	Bear Tavern Rd. & Jacobs Creek Rd. 40°17′21″N 74°50′29″W	Hopewell Township, Ewing Township	Colonial rural landscape, route of Continental Army in 1776
10	Bellevue Avenue Colored School		January 2, 1997 (#96001547)	81 Bellevue Ave. 40°13′32″N 74°46′17″W	Trenton
11	Berkeley Square Historic District		November 20, 1980 (#80002499)	Roughly bounded by W. State St., Parkside, Riverside, and Overbrook Aves. 40°13′49″N 74°47′23″W	Trenton
12	Bow Hill		January 25, 1973 (#73001111)	477 Jeremiah Ave. off Lalor St. 40°11′32″N 74°44′39″W	Hamilton Township
13	Charles Brearley House		April 14, 1995 (#95000407)	73 N. Clinton Ave. 40°13′23″N 74°45′18″W	Trenton
14	Broad Street National Bank		January 17, 2008 (#07001404)	143 E. State St. 40°13′12″N 74°45′43″W	Trenton
15	Camden and Amboy Railroad Right of Way Site		June 16, 2016 (#16000252)	N. side of Rogers Ave. about 100 yds. W. of Mercer St. 40°16′09″N 74°31′31″W	Hightstown
16	Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. Cigar Factory		June 12, 1979 (#79001500)	507 Grand St. 40°12′11″N 74°44′45″W	Trenton	Most architecturally distinctive industrial building in Trenton
17	Grover Cleveland Home		October 15, 1966 (#66000463)	15 Hodge Rd. 40°21′05″N 74°40′04″W	Princeton
18	Crosswicks Creek Site III		November 26, 1990 (#87001795)	Address Restricted	Bordentown
19	Delaware and Raritan Canal		May 11, 1973 (#73001105)	Follows the Delaware River to Trenton, then E to New Brunswick 40°19′55″N 74°39′09″W	Princeton
20	Gen. Philemon Dickinson House		May 17, 1974 (#74001172)	46 Colonial Ave. 40°13′36″N 74°47′01″W	Trenton
21	Douglass House		December 18, 1970 (#70000387)	Corner of Front and Montgomery Sts. 40°13′08″N 74°45′42″W	Trenton	George Washington's headquarters prior to the Battle of Princeton
22	Drumthwacket		June 10, 1975 (#75001142)	344 Stockton Rd. 40°20′22″N 74°40′29″W	Princeton	Official residence of the governor of New Jersey
23	East Trenton Public Library		March 5, 2008 (#08000134)	701 N. Clinton St. 40°14′00″N 74°44′30″W	Trenton
24	Albert Einstein House		January 7, 1976 (#76002297)	112 Mercer St. 40°20′40″N 74°39′59″W	Princeton
25	First Presbyterian Church		September 9, 2005 (#05000967)	120 East State St. 40°13′14″N 74°45′48″W	Trenton
26	First Presbyterian Church of Pennington		August 24, 2011 (#11000591)	13 S. Main St. 40°19′39″N 74°47′25″W	Pennington
27	Golden Swan-True American		April 30, 2008 (#08000361)	101-107 S. Warren St. 40°13′09″N 74°45′58″W	Trenton
28	William Green House		December 4, 1973 (#73001106)	Metzger Drive 40°15′53″N 74°46′40″W	Ewing Township	Historic farmhouse, dating to 1717. On Preservation New Jersey's list of 10 most endangered historic sites
29	Green-Reading House		March 12, 1998 (#98000237)	107 Wilburtha Rd. 40°15′38″N 74°49′32″W	Ewing Township	Federal style farmhouse from ca. 1797
30	Harbourton Historic District		December 31, 1974 (#74001167)	Jct. of Harbourton/Rocktown Rd. and Harbourton/Mt. Airy Rd. 40°21′08″N 74°51′12″W	Harbourton
31	John D. Hart House		October 18, 1972 (#72000800)	Curlis Ave. 40°19′18″N 74°46′59″W	Pennington	Built ca. 1800, fine example of a clapboard house
32	Hart-Hoch House		March 14, 1973 (#73001109)	Southwest of Pennington on CR 546 and Scotch Rd. 40°18′34″N 74°48′43″W	Hopewell Township	Federal style home, ca. 1800
33	Joseph Henry House		October 15, 1966 (#66000464)	Princeton University campus 40°20′58″N 74°39′32″W	Princeton
34	Donald Grant Herring Estate		January 17, 1992 (#91001927)	52, 72 and 75 Arreton Rd., Princeton 40°22′56″N 74°39′57″W	Princeton
35	Higbee Street School		April 14, 1995 (#95000409)	20 Bellevue Ave. 40°14′04″N 74°45′57″W	Trenton
36	Highfields		September 23, 1994 (#94001096)	End of Lindbergh Rd., East Amwell Township 40°25′26″N 74°46′04″W	Hopewell Township	Home of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Site of the Lindbergh kidnapping. Extends into Hunterdon County
37	Hog Island Cranes		June 17, 1980 (#80002500)	Trenton Marine Terminal 40°11′27″N 74°45′22″W	Trenton
38	Hopewell Station		June 22, 1984 (#84002728)	Railroad Pl. 40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W	Hopewell	part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (TR)
39	House at 379 West State Street		January 23, 1980 (#80002501)	379 W. State St. 40°13′29″N 74°46′41″W	Trenton	Queen Anne revival house
40	Hunt Farmstead		October 28, 1988 (#87002555)	197 Blackwell Rd. 40°19′18″N 74°45′39″W	Hopewell Township
41	In and Out Social Club		March 26, 1987 (#87000513)	714-716 S. Clinton Ave. 40°12′34″N 74°45′06″W	Trenton	Built in 1893 for "social, intellectual, and recreative purposes."
42	Jugtown Historic District		January 22, 1987 (#86003670)	Nassau and Harrison Sts., Harrison St. N, and Evelyn Pl. 40°21′14″N 74°38′49″W	Princeton
43	King's Highway Historic District		December 21, 2000 (#00001493)	NJ 27, US 206 40°20′54″N 74°39′52″W	Lawrenceville, Princeton
44	Kingston Mill Historic District		April 10, 1986 (#86000707)	Roughly bounded by Herrontown, River, Princeton-Kingston Rds., and lots west of Princeton 40°22′25″N 74°37′14″W	Princeton
45	Rudolph V. Kuser Estate		August 24, 1979 (#79001501)	315 W. State St. 40°13′23″N 74°46′36″W	Trenton
46	Lake Carnegie Historic District		June 28, 1990 (#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	Princeton
47	Lawrence Township Historic District		September 14, 1972 (#72000799)	Lawrenceville and vicinity N, including both sides of U.S. 206 40°18′01″N 74°43′12″W	Lawrenceville
48	Lawrenceville School		February 24, 1986 (#86000158)	Main St. 40°17′45″N 74°43′49″W	Lawrenceville
49	Ichabod Leigh House		March 4, 1975 (#75001139)	Pennington-Rocky Hill Rd. 40°22′21″N 74°43′55″W	Hopewell
50	Thomas Maddock's Sons Company		March 14, 2008 (#08000178)	American Metro Boulevard 40°15′27″N 74°42′17″W	Hamilton Township	Sanitary pottery manufacturing plant built 1924-25
51	Mansion House		February 6, 1973 (#73001112)	Cadwalader Park 40°14′12″N 74°47′22″W	Trenton
52	Maybury Hill		November 11, 1971 (#71000502)	346 Snowden Lane 40°22′02″N 74°38′34″W	Princeton
53	Mercer Street Friends Center		August 12, 1971 (#71000505)	151 Mercer St. 40°13′02″N 74°45′40″W	Trenton
54	Mill Hill Historic District		December 12, 1977 (#77000880)	Roughly bounded by Clay, Jackson, Front, Market, Broad, and Greenwood Sts. 40°13′01″N 74°45′40″W	Trenton
55	Morven		January 25, 1971 (#71000503)	55 Stockton St. 40°20′51″N 74°40′01″W	Princeton
56	Mott School and Second Street School		April 15, 1986 (#86000809)	Centre and 643-645 Second Sts. 40°12′07″N 74°45′24″W	Trenton
57	Mount Rose Distillery		December 12, 1996 (#96001471)	Address Restricted 40°22′03″N 74°44′49″W	Hopewell
58	Mountain Avenue Historic District		February 2, 1995 (#94001604)	73-143 Mountain Ave. 40°21′25″N 74°40′25″W	Princeton
59	Nassau Hall, Princeton University		October 15, 1966 (#66000465)	Princeton University campus 40°20′55″N 74°39′34″W	Princeton
60	Old Barracks		January 25, 1971 (#71000506)	S. Willow St. 40°13′10″N 74°46′07″W	Trenton
61	Old Eagle Tavern		November 3, 1972 (#72000801)	431, 433 S. Broad St. 40°12′47″N 74°45′34″W	Trenton
62	Old Ryan Farm		September 10, 1971 (#71000507)	Federal City Rd. 40°16′47″N 74°46′15″W	Trenton
63	Isaac Pearson House		February 1, 2006 (#05001568)	Hobson Ave. at Emiline Ave. 40°11′16″N 74°42′44″W	Hamilton Township
64	Pennington Railroad Station		December 31, 1974 (#74001170)	Corner of Franklin and Green Ave. 40°19′58″N 74°47′41″W	Pennington
65	Penns Neck Baptist Church		December 28, 1989 (#89002160)	US 1 at Princeton-Hightstown Rd. 40°19′55″N 74°38′15″W	Penns Neck
66	Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge		June 6, 1979 (#79001502)	Spans Delaware River 40°12′24″N 74°46′09″W	Trenton
67	Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station		May 14, 1979 (#79001503)	260 N. Willow St. 40°13′34″N 74°46′03″W	Trenton
68	Joseph Phillips Farm		May 2, 1977 (#77000879)	North of Titusville on Hunter Road 40°20′23″N 74°53′56″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		June 14, 1991 (#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	Lambertville
70	President's House (aka Maclean House)		July 17, 1971 (#71000504)	Nassau St. 40°20′56″N 74°39′36″W	Princeton
71	Princeton Battlefield		October 15, 1966 (#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	Princeton
72	Princeton Historic District		June 27, 1975 (#75001143)	Irregular pattern between Lytle St. and Haslet Ave. from Lovers Lane to Olden Sts. 40°20′48″N 74°39′51″W	Princeton
73	Princeton Ice Company		August 28, 2007 (#07000874)	57 Mountain Ave. 40°21′26″N 74°40′17″W	Princeton
74	Prospect		February 4, 1985 (#85002434)	Princeton University campus 40°20′49″N 74°39′24″W	Princeton
75	Roebling Machine Shop		September 4, 1997 (#97000932)	675 S. Clinton Ave. 40°12′35″N 74°45′11″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		August 22, 2012 (#12000528)	Bounded by Hamilton Ave., Clark, Elmer, & E. Canal Sts. 40°12′46″N 74°45′19″W	Trenton	Northern portion of Roebling complex, built wire for North Sea Mine Barrage, Golden Gate Bridge, among other structures
77	John Rogers House		January 31, 1978 (#78001770)	South of Princeton on S. Post Rd. 40°15′45″N 74°38′52″W	West Windsor
78	Sacred Heart Church		May 2, 2002 (#02000434)	343 S. Broad St. 40°12′59″N 74°45′40″W	Trenton
79	Samuel Sloan House		March 28, 1974 (#74001168)	238 S. Main St. 40°15′58″N 74°31′32″W	Hightstown
80	Smith-Ribsam House		June 9, 1988 (#88000722)	45 Pine Knoll Dr. 40°16′27″N 74°43′28″W	Eldridge Park
81	Somerset Roller Mills		November 19, 1974 (#74001171)	NJ 29 40°16′45″N 74°51′13″W	Titusville
82	St. Michael's Episcopal Church		April 29, 1982 (#82003280)	140 N. Warren St. 40°13′20″N 74°45′55″W	Trenton
83	State House District		August 27, 1976 (#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	Trenton
84	Israel Stevens House		March 15, 2005 (#05000176)	2167 Brunswick Ave. 40°15′19″N 74°44′00″W	Lawrence
85	Stockton Street Historic District		November 25, 2005 (#05001331)	126-136 Stockton St., 219-237 Rogers Ave. 40°16′15″N 74°31′42″W	Hightstown
86	Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex		March 11, 1983 (#83001603)	Lalor Street at Stokely Ave. 40°11′59″N 74°45′16″W	Trenton
87	Joseph Stout House		October 29, 1974 (#74001169)	Province Line Rd. 40°24′34″N 74°44′44″W	Hopewell
88	Titusville Historic District		March 17, 1983 (#83001604)	River Dr. 40°18′22″N 74°52′44″W	Titusville
89	William Trent House		April 15, 1970 (#70000388)	539 S. Warren St. 40°12′46″N 74°45′58″W	Trenton
90	Trenton and Mercer County War Memorial-Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building		December 11, 1986 (#86003480)	W. Lafayette St. 40°13′06″N 74°46′06″W	Trenton
91	Trenton Battle Monument		May 6, 1977 (#77000881)	Warren and Broad Streets 40°13′33″N 74°45′53″W	Trenton	Commemorates the Battle of Trenton
92	Trenton City Hall		January 30, 1978 (#78001771)	309 State St. 40°13′12″N 74°45′34″W	Trenton
93	Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge		November 20, 1975 (#75001621)	Spans Delaware River between Morrisville, PA and Trenton, NJ 40°13′11″N 74°46′42″W	Trenton
94	Trenton Ferry Historic District		June 26, 2013 (#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	Trenton	Working class urban mixed-use neighborhood of row houses, duplexes, churches, and commercial buildings
95	Trenton Friends Meeting House		April 30, 2008 (#08000362)	142 E. Hanover St. 40°13′16″N 74°45′46″W	Trenton
96	Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp		February 23, 1984 (#84002730)	999 Lower Ferry Rd. 40°15′33″N 74°47′58″W	Ewing Township
97	Tusculum		January 5, 1978 (#78003171)	North of Princeton on Cherry Hill Rd. 40°21′58″N 74°40′17″W	Princeton
98	U.S. Post Office and Courthouse		May 24, 2012 (#12000309)	402 E. State St. 40°13′16″N 74°45′26″W	Trenton
99	University Cottage Club		November 19, 1999 (#99001315)	51 Prospect Ave. 40°20′53″N 74°39′07″W	Princeton
100	Col. John Van Cleve Homestead		February 16, 1983 (#83001605)	Northwest of Pennington on Poor Farm Rd. 40°21′11″N 74°49′27″W	Hopewell Township
101	Jeremiah Vandyke House		March 29, 1978 (#78001769)	Featherbed Lane 40°24′34″N 74°46′51″W	Hopewell
102	Washington Crossing State Park		October 15, 1966 (#66000650)	Titusville, New Jersey, on the Delaware River 40°17′57″N 74°52′07″W	Titusville
103	Washington Road Elm Allée		January 14, 1999 (#98001571)	Washington Rd., bet. the Penns Neck Circle and The D&R Canal 40°20′08″N 74°38′37″W	West Windsor
104	Isaac Watson House		January 21, 1974 (#74001173)	151 Westcott St. 40°11′25″N 74°43′39″W	Hamilton Township
105	John Welling House		March 14, 1973 (#73001110)	Curlis Ave. at Birch St. 40°19′17″N 74°46′58″W	Pennington	Rare example of a Dutch clapboard and shingle house
106	West Trenton Station		June 22, 1984 (#84004031)	Sullivan Way 40°15′27″N 74°48′57″W	West Trenton	part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
107	John White House		January 29, 1973 (#73001108)	1 mile (1.6 km) north of Lawrenceville on Cold Soil Rd. 40°18′52″N 74°43′42″W	Lawrenceville
108	Windsor Historic District		April 10, 1992 (#88001710)	Roughly bounded by properties along Main St. and Church St. 40°14′27″N 74°35′06″W	Robbinsville
109	Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children		March 9, 2005 (#05000125)	35 Quarry St. 40°21′19″N 74°39′46″W	Princeton
110	Jeremiah Woolsey House		January 27, 1975 (#75001140)	Southwest of Pennington on Washington Crossing Rd. 40°18′32″N 74°49′36″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		June 27, 1980 (#80002497)	June 11, 1982	E of Lawrenceville at 3510 Princeton Pike	Lawrence Township	Burned down, adjacent cemetery is extant