New Jersey - 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

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