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

Mercer County New Jersey (Vacant / Not In Use) has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Crosswicks Creek Site III, Drumthwacket and West Trenton Station, Adams and Sickles Building and Green, William, House.

Several famous people are associated with these Mercer County historic places including Charles Smith Olden and Isaac Pearson.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mercer County places including Clark Dillenbeck, Donald W. Langton, Raleigh C. Gildersleeve, Evernham and Hill, Arends & Slack, Samuel Updyke, Isaac Smith, Francis H. Kimball, Thines & Brouse and Isaac Combs. Prominent architectural styles found in Mercer Country are Georgian, Greek Revival and Federal.

Adams and Sickles Building (added 1980 - - #80002498)

1 W. End Ave. , Trenton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Crosswicks Creek Site III (added 1990 - - #87001795)

Also known as 28-Bu-329;Site III (18th century vessel)

Address Restricted , Bordentown City

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Military, Maritime History

Cultural Affiliation:

Revolutionary War

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Water-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Drumthwacket (added 1975 - - #75001142)

Also known as Olden-Pyne Houses

344 Stockton Rd. , Princeton

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Langton,Donald W., Gildersleeve,Raleigh C.

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Greek Revival

Historic Person:

Olden,Charles Smith,et al.

Significant Year:

1835, 1900, 1760

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Green, William, House (added 1973 - - #73001106)

Off NJ 69 on Green Lane , Ewing

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Green--Reading House (added 1998 - - #98000237)

107 Wilburtha Rd. , Ewing Township

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Higbee Street School (added 1995 - - #95000409)

Also known as Bellevue Avenue School;John T. Nixon School;School Number 3

20 Bellevue Ave. , Trenton

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Education

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Public Works, School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Hutchinson House (added 1975 - - #73002201)

1 mi. NE of Hutchinson Mill-Pond Rd. , Hamilton Square

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Combs,Isaac, Updyke,Samuel

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Mott School and Second Street School (added 1986 - - #86000809)

Centre and 643--645 Second Sts. , Trenton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Arends & Slack, Thines & Brouse

Architectural Style:

Other, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

Mount Rose Distillery (added 1996 - - #96001471)

Address Restricted , Hopewell

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Processing, Processing Site

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Old Eagle Tavern (added 1972 - - #72000801)

Also known as Eagle Tavern

431, 433 S. Broad St. , Trenton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pearson, Isaac, House (added 2006 - - #05001568)

Hobson Ave. at Emiline Ave. , Hamilton Township

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Historic Person:

Pearson, Isaac

Significant Year:

1776, 1773

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Military, Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station (added 1979 - - #79001503)

260 N. Willow St. , Trenton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Kimball,Francis H.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Princessville Inn (added 1982 - - #80002497)

E of Lawrenceville at 3510 Princeton Pike , Lawrenceville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Somerset Roller Mills (added 1974 - - #74001171)

NJ 29 , Titusville

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Smith,Isaac

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

West Trenton Station (added 1984 - - #84004031)

Sullivan Way , West Trenton

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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