New Jersey - Mercer County - Vacant / Not In Use
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
Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Gridge, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Rcbutcher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Flyboy55555, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
Blakefoto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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
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
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