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The College of New Jersey, formerly named Trenton State College, was founded in Trenton in 1855 and is now located in nearby Ewing Township. Rider University was founded in Trenton in 1865 as The Trenton Business College.
J. Hart Brewer (1844–1900), represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district (1881–1885) [52] Frank O. Briggs (1851–1913), politician who was the mayor of Trenton from 1899 to 1902, and United States Senator from New Jersey from 1907 to 1913 [53] Michele Brown, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority [54]
Mercer County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Its county seat is Trenton, also the state capital, [2] prompting its nickname The Capital County. [1] Mercer County alone constitutes the Trenton–Princeton metropolitan statistical area [7] and is considered part of the New York combined statistical area by the U.S. Census Bureau, [8] [9] [10] but also directly borders the ...
The name Mill Hill refers to central New Jersey's first industrial site, a mill, erected in 1679, at the southeast corner of the present Broad Street crossing of the Assunpink Creek. [3] Mill Hill and its wooden mill were among the holdings of the first settler in the vicinity of Trenton, Mahlon Stacy, a Quaker who arrived in North America in 1678.
Pages in category "Trenton, New Jersey" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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.
Incorporated in 1792, the city of Trenton, New Jersey, had developed into a thriving trade town by 1799. [4] According to a contemporary account by François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt , the city was "but very modest in appearance," though there were a "number of handsome villas which greatly enrich the landscape".
The Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse, originally known as the United States Courthouse and Federal Building, is located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. It houses the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The building was designed by James A. Wetmore and completed in 1932. [3]