BUILDINGS

The physical structures of a city are a reflection of its civic life. 

Top Ten Endangered Buildings
Like many other aging American towns, Trenton has too many buildings that have been neglected or abandoned.  In 2007, the Trenton Historical Society’s Preservation Committee updated its list of the “Top 10” Endangered Buildings in the city:

1. Trenton Central High School
2. Mercer County Courthouse
3. Higbee Street School
4. Horsman Doll Factory
5. Trenton Psychiatric Hospital
6. Trenton Saving Fund Society
7. Douglass House
8. General Philemon Dickinson House/ The Hermitage
9. The Delaware Inn/ Champale Office Building
10 . D&R Canal Houses

Three buildings were removed from the original list, the Broad Street Bank Building, Golden Swan/ Caola Building and the Ferdinand W. Roebling Mansion.

More information about these structures can be found at:

THS 2003 Annual Report (with first "Top 10" list)

2007 Update on Endangered Buildings

 

National Register of Historic Places

As of 2005, the city of Trenton had 23 buildings, 3 districts and 3 other sites listed in the National Register of Historic Places:

Adams and Sickles Building	1 W. End Ave. [at W. State St.]
Bellevue Avenue Colored School [Lincoln School]	81 Bellevue Ave.
Berkeley Square Historic District
Brearley, Charles, House [Mt. Carmel Guild]	73 N. Clinton Ave
Clay, Henry & Bock and Company Cigar Factory	507 Grand St
Dickinson, Gen. Philemon, House [Hermitage]	46 Colonial Ave.
Douglass House	Front & Montgomery Sts.
Higbee Street School [Nixon School]	20 Bellevue Ave.
Hog Island Cranes	Trenton Marine Terminal
House at 379 West State Street	379 W. State St.
In and Out Social Club	714-716 S. Clinton Ave.
Kuser, Rudolph V., Estate	315 W. State St.
Mansion House [Ellarslie]	Cadwalader Park
Mercer Street Friends Center	151 Mercer St.
Mill Hill Historic District
Mott School and Second Street School	Centre St. & 643-645 Second St.
Old Barracks	Barracks St.
Old Eagle Tavern	431, 433 S. Broad St.
Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge	Spans Delaware River
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Freight Station	260 N. Willow St. [Rear]
Roebling Machine Shop [Invention Factory]	675 S. Clinton Ave.
Sacred Heart Church	S. Broad St.
St. Michael's Episcopal Church	140 N. Warren St.
State House District
Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex	Lalor Street at Stokely Ave.
Trent, William, House	15 Market St.
Trenton & Mercer County War Memorial	W. Lafayette St.
Trenton Battle Monument	Warren & Broad Sts.
Trenton City Hall	309 State St.
Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge	Spans Delaware River

Trenton Ferry Historic District

The Trenton Historical Society, with the assistance of the New Jersey Historical Commission and Hunter Research, Inc., has proposed the creation of a new National Register District in part of South Trenton.  Portions of the draft application are at:

Trenton Ferry Historic District Nomination.(DRAFT)

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