National Register of Historic Places - New Jersey (NJ), Mercer County

Mercer County New Jersey (Page 3) has 18 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp, University Cottage Club, Washington Crossing State Park, West Trenton Station and Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children.

Several famous people are associated with these Mercer County historic places including George Washington, Jeremiah Woolsey and Jonathan Witherspoon.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mercer County places including Mead & White McKim, Louis I. Kahn, Charles Follen McKim, Alexander Merchant, Clark Dillenbeck, Harris, Walter B.,, Rolf Bauhan, George Fuhrman, William Plasket and Louis S. Kaplan. Prominent architectural styles found in Mercer Country are Colonial Revival, Art Deco and Classical Revival.

Trenton Friends Meeting House (added 2008 - - #08000362)

142 E. Hanover St. , Trenton

Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Trenton Jewish Community Center Bath House and Day Camp (added 1984 - - #84002730)

Also known as Trenton Bath House

999 Lower Ferry Rd. , Ewing

Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kahn,Louis I.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Outdoor Recreation, Sport Facility

Trenton Watch Company Building-Circle F Manufacturing Company Building (added 2017 - - #100000827)

720 Monmouth Street, Trenton

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Industry

Period of Significance:

1886-1966 AD

Trenton and Mercer County War Memorial--Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Building (added 1986 - - #86003480)

Also known as War Memorial Building

W. Lafayette St. , Trenton

Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kaplan,Louis S.

Architectural Style:

Other, Renaissance, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Performing Arts

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Civic

Current Function:

Government, Social

Current Sub-function:

Civic

Tusculum (added 1978 - - #78003171)

N of Princeton on Cherry Hill Rd. , Princeton

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bauhan,Rolf

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Witherspoon,Jonathan

Significant Year:

1794, 1835, 1773

Area of Significance:

Education, Politics/Government, Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (added 2012 - - #12000309)

402 E. State St., Trenton

Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

University Cottage Club (added 1999 - - #99001315)

51 Prospect Ave. , Princeton Borough

Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

McKim, Mead & White, McKim, Charles Follen

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Current Function:

Education, Social

Current Sub-function:

Clubhouse, Library

Van Cleve, Col. John, Homestead (added 1983 - - #83001605)

Also known as Hopewell Township Poor Farm

NW of Pennington on Poor Farm Rd. , Pennington

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Institutional Housing, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Vandyke, Jeremiah, House (added 1978 - - #78001769)

Also known as Hankins, Andrew, B., House

Featherbed Lane , Hopewell

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Washington Crossing State Park (added 1966 - - #66000650)

Between Yardley and New Hope, on the Delaware River , Yardley

Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Person

Historic Person:

Washington,George

Significant Year:

1776

Area of Significance:

Military

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Conservation Area

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Washington Road Elm Allee (added 1999 - - #98001571)

Washington Rd., bet. the Penns Neck Cirlce and The D&R Canal , West Windsor

Djkeddie, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Other, Transportation, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Landscape, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

Watson, Isaac, House (added 1974 - - #74001173)

151 Westcott St. , Trenton

Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

Welling, John, House (added 1973 - - #73001110)

Curlis Ave. at Birch St. , Pennington

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

West Trenton Station (added 1984 - - #84004031)

Sullivan Way , West Trenton

Aerolin55, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Dillenbeck,Clark

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

White, John, House (added 1973 - - #73001108)

1 mi. N of Lawrenceville on Cold Soil Rd. , Lawrenceville

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Windsor Historic District (added 1992 - - #88001710)

Roughly bounded by properties along Main St. and Church St. , Windsor

Cesherman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Transportation, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children (added 2005 - - #05000125)

Also known as Princeton Nursing Home

35 Quarry St. , Princeton

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Health Care

Current Sub-function:

Sanatorium

Woolsey, Jeremiah, House (added 1975 - - #75001140)

SW of Pennington on Washington Crossing Rd. , Pennington

KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Woolsey,Jeremiah

Significant Year:

1765

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling