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The Old Barracks Museum, also known just as the Old Barracks, is a historic building located at 101 Barracks Street in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.Built in 1758 to house soldiers of the British Army, it is the only remaining colonial barracks in the state and is one of the few tangible surviving elements of the 1776 Battle of Trenton.
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.Latitude and longitude coordinates of the sites listed on this page may be displayed in an online map.
English: Area view of historic information sign describing the old Trenton Ferry and George Washington's reception at Trenton on April 21, 1789 by the Lower Trenton Bridge in Trenton, New Jersey. Date
The Capture of the Hessians at Trenton, December 26, 1776, a painting by John Trumbull The Old Barracks in Trenton. The earliest known inhabitants of the area that is today Trenton were the Lenape Native Americans, [38] specifically the Axion band who were the largest tribe on the Delaware River in the mid-17th century.
The Old Eagle Tavern (historically known as the Eagle Tavern) is a historic building located at 431, 433 South Broad Street at the corner of Ferry Street in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. The building was built in 1765 by Robert Waln. The building operated as a tavern and hotel from 1765 to 1896. [3]
The William Trent House is a historic building located at 15 Market Street in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. It was built in 1719 for William Trent and is the oldest building in Trenton. [4] He founded the eponymous town, which became the capital of New Jersey. It has served as the residence for three Governors.
The Trenton Ferry Historic District is a historic mixed-use urban working class neighborhood in Trenton, New Jersey that is primarily composed of modest row houses, schools, churches, and commercial buildings. The neighborhood has roots in the 18th century but the majority of its fabric dates to the 19th and early 20th centuries.
John A. Roebling in 1866 or 1867. John A. Roebling, the designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, founded his steel wire manufacturing company on the site in 1849.The location, on the western side of the Chambersburg, now a neighborhood of Trenton, was chosen for its location alongside the Delaware and Raritan Canal, since buried underneath Route 129.