A free public school system was organized here in 1832, with separate schools for males, females; and African-Americans. A generation later, this was the first school built for African-American students. Of the 700 African-Americans in Trenton’s . . . — — Map (db m208098) HM
Mill Hill Park contains the site of Mahlon Stacy’s gristmill (later known as the Trenton Mills), the city’s very first industrial facility. The American Revolution’s Second Battle of Trenton was partly fought on the park grounds. The . . . — — Map (db m127197) HM
In loving memory of Fire Fighters
Robert J. Mizopalko
born 9/16/1952
Joseph F. Woods, Jr.
born 11/25/1960
The supreme sacrifice was made by these two brave men on the morning of August 4, 1986 while fighting a 3rd alarm fire at 121 South . . . — — Map (db m3792) HM
Established 1734 on west bank of Petty’s Run near here. Sold to Benjamin Yard in 1745. New Jersey’s first iron works. Manufactured household and farming tools and equipment. — — Map (db m3760) HM
-1873- -1934-
Appointed Director of American Committee on Public Information in France during the World War
by President Woodrow Wilson
Patriot Journalist Jurist
whose pen defended his nation
counseled her citizens
sought her . . . — — Map (db m4019) HM
-1856- -1938-
First President and Chairman of the Board
of the Soldiers and Sailors’ War Memorial
Building Commission
Industrialist Banker Philanthropist
whose kindly wisdom made his a happier generation
Erected by his . . . — — Map (db m4020) HM
-1899- -1990-
A President and the longest serving
member of this commission 1949 – 1988
Patron of the Arts – Public Servant –
Musician – Impresario
He made a notable contribution to
the cultural life of . . . — — Map (db m4021) HM
During the Revolution, Fitch manufactured guns for the Continental Army at this site. In 1786, he built the first boat in America to be propelled by steam. His last steamboat made regular Trenton – Philadelphia runs on the Delaware in 1790. — — Map (db m3779) HM
(On the right side of front door)
This building was erected by
Henry Cooper Kelsey
as a tribute
to the memory of his wife
Prudence Townsend Kelsey
and for the use of
the students of arts and crafts
of the City of Trenton
. . . — — Map (db m4475) HM
This tablet commemorates the site where were held many meetings during the Revolutionary War and where was assembled on Nov. 1, 1784 the Continental Congress of the several confederated states.
Here the Marquis de Lafayette took final farewell of . . . — — Map (db m3995) HM
It is difficult to imagine that Mill Hill Park has ever been anything but a pleasant urban green space astride the Assunpink Creek, but this land had undergone remarkable changes. Over the past three centuries, it has been home to a mill and . . . — — Map (db m127138) HM
The State House is the heart of New Jersey’s state government, America’s second oldest state capitol building in continuous use. President-Elect Lincoln addressed the Legislature on his way to take office and Woodrow Wilson began the political . . . — — Map (db m208100) HM
This bvilding is erected vpon grovnd hallowed by the blood and made sacred by the sacrifices of the forefathers of ovr state and nation who offered everything they had vpon their covntry's altar. — — Map (db m208081) WM
Founded in 1897, the State Museum collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits over a wide range of subjects – from fossils to fine art, native American tools to the finest silver, quilts to comets and prehistory to the future. A planetarium and . . . — — Map (db m208099) HM
Built for British troops in the French and Indian Wars, the Barracks housed Hessians and Loyalists when Washington attacked Trenton Dec. 26, 1776. Later, it fell into private hands . Patriotic women bought one wing in 1902. In 1914, the State bought . . . — — Map (db m208101) HM
"We entered the town with them pell-mell, and here succeeded a scene of war of which I had often conceived but never saw before. The hurry, fright, and confusion of the enemy was [not] unlike that which will be when the last trump . . . — — Map (db m127001) HM
This is the first Masonic lodge building in Trenton, the fifth in New Jersey. Built on the corner of Front Street, it was moved across the block to this site in 1915, to become the gateway to Stacy Park. Home to the Trenton Visitors Center, the . . . — — Map (db m208102) HM
(Marker to the left of the entrance):
A Bicentennial Commemorative Site
Recognizing America's
200th Year of Liberty
Old Masonic Lodge Building
(Now open to the public)
Used by Trenton Masons
continuously since 1793. . . . — — Map (db m3781) HM
Here, in 1750, Benjamin Yard made steel in an iron works founded by Isaac Harrow 1733-’34. The mill was on Petty’s Run which now flows underground. It was one of the earliest steel mills in America and a forerunner of the great industries of Trenton. — — Map (db m3762) HM
Don't let the sloping lawn and park-like setting deceive you. A natural stream, Petty's Run, flowed in a steep ravine at this spot, joining the Delaware River just beyond where the War Memorial sits today. Native Americans camped along the bluffs . . . — — Map (db m79530) HM
The stone-lined channel that plunges over the bluff edge below you was once a free-flowing water course. Today it is a partially abandoned segment of the city's storm drain system drawing in run-off from West State Street and a handful of buildings . . . — — Map (db m78383) HM
"Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty"
Marking route taken by Washington from Philadelphia to Cambridge to assume command of the Patriot Army in 1775 — — Map (db m3790) HM
On July 8, 1776, Trenton's residents heard the newly adopted Declaration of Independence boldly read to them from the steps of the Court House on this site. That event was one of the first three public readings of the document that launched the . . . — — Map (db m208105) HM
Built about 1815. An inn 1826–1857. “The Daily True American” published by the Naar family 1857–1872. Subsequently housed various industrial and commercial activities. — — Map (db m3744) HM
Originally known as the English Church, St. Michael's closed for seven years during the Revolution. The church was largely rebuilt in 1819. David Brearley, a signer of the Constitution, state chief justice and Washington's appointee as New Jersey's . . . — — Map (db m208095) HM
The State House is the heart of New Jersey’s State government, the second oldest State House in continuous use in the United States. First built in 1792 and expanded in every generation, the State House is a witness to two centuries of American . . . — — Map (db m3850) HM
New Jersey maintains offices all across the State in support of the business of government. The very first of these facilities, the offices of the Secretary of State and the Clerk of the Supreme Court, was situated on this spot within a one-story . . . — — Map (db m10147) HM
A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
The Hermitage
Built in 1784 by General Philemon Dickinson of General Washington’s Contintental Army. Original part of building (removed 1905) was used as Hessian . . . — — Map (db m4066) HM
History Downtown Trenton is one of the most significant battlefields of the Revolutionary War. The street network today is essentially the same as it was when the town center served as the setting for two key engagements that saw the . . . — — Map (db m189472) HM
This tablet commemorates the signing of the ratification of the Constitution of the United States by the thirty-nine commissioners of the State of New Jersey, executed on the site of this bank on the 18th day of December 1787.
The one hundred and . . . — — Map (db m3784) HM
Settled in 1679, Trenton looks back on more than 300 years of tumultuous history. Scene of the two Battles of Trenton in 1776 and 1777 and New Jersey’s State capital since 1790, Trenton embarked on the path that turned the city into a center of . . . — — Map (db m3852) HM
Making steel in the 18th century was a challenge, especially in America. Steel was essential for making edge tools, such as axes and scythes, and other items like bayonets, knives and the mechanisms for guns and clocks; yet the science of making . . . — — Map (db m79352) HM
(On the Rededication Marker):
Restored and rededicated by the people of New Jersey in honor of all those from this state who served with courage, dignity, and patriotism in the armed forces of the United States of America
Our land is . . . — — Map (db m239833) WM
An immigrant from Scotland, Philadelphia merchant William Trent built this house in 1719 on a traditional Lenape site for his family and enslaved servants. During the American Revolution it served as a base for Hessian forces, and later as a supply . . . — — Map (db m127949) HM
1790 — Trenton named capital of New Jersey.
John Fitch’s steamboat makes Trenton–Philadelphia trips three days a week.
1792 — State House opens.
Assembly meets in State House for first time.
1799 — President . . . — — Map (db m3985) HM
From this site, two batteries of Washington’s Continental artillery raked cannon fire down King (now Warren) and Queen (now Broad) streets, on the morning of Dec. 26, 1776. The monument to the victory at the first Battle of Trenton was erected . . . — — Map (db m208097) HM
Volunteers fought Trenton's fires from 1747 until April 4, 1892, when a paid department replaced 13 volunteer fire companies. The museum collects, interprets and preserves artifacts of firefighting in Trenton; collects and preserves oral histories . . . — — Map (db m208096) HM
The Trenton Public Library Company was founded in 1750 by Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, the city's chief burgess. It and other lending libraries came and went, until an April, 1900 referendum for a free public library was approved by a 3-to-1 margin. This . . . — — Map (db m208094) HM
Designed as a town hall, this was a practical monument to the soldiers and sailors of Mercer County who died in World War I. An outdoor court of honor leads inside to a grand auditorium and ballroom. Architect Louis Kaplan’s Art Deco interior was . . . — — Map (db m208104) HM
(original marker:)
Washington first took command of the American Army under the grandparent of this elm at Cambridge, Mass. July 3, 1775.
Raised and presented by Maryland D.A.R. Marked by New Jersey D.A.R.
This tree is planted as . . . — — Map (db m4179) HM
Surprising as it may seem, you are standing on the line of a historic street that as various times was bordered by mills, row homes and businesses. For more than a hundred years, from the early 1790s until Mahlon Stacy Park was established in the . . . — — Map (db m79351) HM
This house was built
in 1719 by
William Trent
for whom Trenton was named
Given to the City of Trenton
in 1929 by
Edward Ansley Stokes
Restored 1934-1936 by the Civil Works Administration the Emergency Relief Administration and . . . — — Map (db m4153) HM
This house built in 1719 by William Trent
Chief Justice of New Jersey 1723-1724
from whom Trenton derived its name
was his home until his death in 1724
Other owners or occupants of the house were
Lewis Morris
First Governor . . . — — Map (db m4154) HM
William Trent House
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the history of . . . — — Map (db m4155) HM
William Trent, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant (later Chief Justice of New Jersey) built this country manor house circa 1719, at the highest navigable point of the Delaware River. An important Hessian guard post was sited on the grounds the morning . . . — — Map (db m79923) HM
"The American people, in their righteous might will win through absolute victory."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Our debt to the heroic men and women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have . . . — — Map (db m160232) HM WM
Brig. Gen. Zebulon Pike, explorer, born near here, 1779. Captured York, Canada, 1813, but killed in attack. Pike’s Peak named for him. — — Map (db m3758) HM
Born 1835 in Trenton.
He was the son of Stacy A. Paxson, a former New Jersey state treasurer. At the outbreak of the Civil War he joined Company D, 48th New York Infantry Volunteers (Die-No-Mores), which was made up of men from Trenton, and . . . — — Map (db m4470) HM
Born March 23, 1802, in Trenton.
Captain Yard was involved in the export and manufacture of bristled brushes, which proved to be lucrative, but lost his fortune in 1835 due to the wars in Europe. He later was appointed principal keeper of New . . . — — Map (db m9892) HM
Born Dec. 18, 1824, in New York City.
Early in life he was principal and teacher of mathematics at the grammar school of Columbia College. He left Columbia in 1845 to join the Cooper Iron Works in Trenton. Responsible for various inventions . . . — — Map (db m4467) HM
Born April 16, 1814, in Tuckerton, NJ.
He operated country general stores throughout Burlington and Monmouth Counties before moving to Trenton.
He served as Chancery Court clerk of New Jersey from 1851 to 1856 and served as mayor of Trenton . . . — — Map (db m9891) HM
Born April 8, 1786, in Hunterdon County, N.J.
A graduate of the College of New Jersey (Princeton University), he studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department (1812) under Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of . . . — — Map (db m4468) HM
Born June 19, 1856, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
He graduated third in the class of 1877 at Princeton University.
He served on the Trenton Board of Education (1894-1896); Trenton Common Council (1896-1900); Trenton Board of Trade (1896-1900); New . . . — — Map (db m4471) HM
Born May 16, 1810 in Staffordshire, England.
Taylor came to the United States in 1829 and settled for a time in Jersey City. He worked in the potteries of Troy, Indiana; Orrsville, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Ohio, and East Liverpool, Ohio, to . . . — — Map (db m4465) HM
Born Nov. 11, 1836, in Trenton.
He started in the printing business at an early age and became foreman of the Trenton True American print shop. He started the penny daily newspaper The Emporium, which remained in operation from 1867 to 1897. . . . — — Map (db m166117) HM
Born 1824, in Mill Hill, now a part of Trenton.
In 1854, he was the first, with Jesse M. Clark and Randolph H. Moore, to publish a city directory that included all the names, addresses and occupations of the people of Trenton.
He was . . . — — Map (db m4466) HM
(On the Left Side)
Organized 1842
Restored 1992
(On the Right Side)
Within these walls rest statesmen, politicians, soldiers and plain citizens of 19th century Trenton. Mercer Cemetery itself is a monument to their . . . — — Map (db m4543) HM
Mercer Cemetery, the first non-sectarian cemetery in New Jersey, is designated as a Trenton City Landmark. Organized in 1843, the cemetery was once the preferred final resting place for many of Trenton's prominent families.
The cemetery . . . — — Map (db m208120) HM
Mercer Cemetery, the first non-sectarian cemetery in New Jersey, is designated as a Trenton City Landmark. Organized in 1843, the cemetery was once the preferred final resting place for many of Trenton's prominent families.
The cemetery . . . — — Map (db m208122) HM
The Trenton Business College was founded on October 1, 1865 at the corner of Broad and Front Streets. After several relocations, the college constructed this building and occupied it on January 1, 1921. On February 4, 1921, the institution was . . . — — Map (db m4198) HM
Born May 1, 1844, in Staffordshire, England.
Beech emigrated to Boston in 1848. In 1856, he moved to Trenton and found a job with City Pottery, at the corner of Perry and Carroll Streets.
Beech joined Co. B, 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry . . . — — Map (db m4464) HM
Beginning in the mid-1800s and extending to this day passenger rail transport has been an important part of the life of the City of Trenton. As a major destination on the original Camden and Amboy (C&A) Railroad line from Camden and Bordentown, . . . — — Map (db m208123) HM
Born Jan. 8, 1821, in England, he emigrated to America at an early age.
Borrow drew the plans for the Cooper-Hewitt rolling mill, the first three-high beam rolling mill of its kind in the world, located on the Delaware River in Trenton. Later . . . — — Map (db m4942) HM
Born 1807, in Trenton.
He was the editor of the New Jersey State Gazette early in his career. Later a member and president of the Common Council, he served the short term as mayor of Trenton – April 6 to 9, 1855 – filling the vacated seat of . . . — — Map (db m4542) HM
Born 1803.
Active in area business and politics, he was part-owner of VanCleve & McKean Iron Manufacturing Co., which eventually became the Trenton Locomotive and machine Manufacturing Co. (at South Broad St. and Hamilton Ave.), the first to . . . — — Map (db m4469) HM
Born Dec. 5, 1801, in Longnor, Staffordshire, England.
He emigrated to the United States in 1842, but remained only for a short time before returning to his native England, where he started a pottery. When it failed to produce a profit by 1848, . . . — — Map (db m4472) HM
Elected Nottingham Tax Collector in 1763, Isaac Pearson later served as a justice of the peace, freeholder, township clerk and delegate to the NJ Provincial Congress.
Two days later after the Battle of Trenton, in 1776, Isaac Pearson was . . . — — Map (db m36478) HM
Isaac Watson House
Built in 1708
Restored and Maintained by
The State Society of
The Daughters of
The American Revolution
of New Jersey
Tercentenary year 1964 — — Map (db m36486) HM
The Alexander Douglass House, one of Trenton’s most cherished historic sites, tells a curious tale of the American Revolution and local passion for preservation. The site of George Washington’s Council of War before the Battle of Princeton, the . . . — — Map (db m127002) HM
The State Street Locks were located here. The canal was 42.9 miles long and there were 14 locks between Bordentown and New Brunswick via Bound Brook. The feeder extended 21.6 miles from Raven Rock. The main stream was 75 feet wide and 8 feet deep. . . . — — Map (db m10075) HM
Circa 1766, Home of Alexander Douglass, Quartermaster in Washington’s Army, who fought in the Battle of Assunpink, Jan. 2, 1777.
Here on that date General Washington held the Council of War. Washington’s idea was to leave campfires burning on . . . — — Map (db m3746) HM
Dedicated to the
Fire Department of the
City of Trenton
Volunteer Department Organized
February 7, 1747
Paid Department Established
April 4, 1892
Re-dedicated 1961
(Second Plaque):
Memorial to the members of the . . . — — Map (db m3983) HM
This tablet is dedicated to the memory of those men who served in the American Revolution
1775 – 1783
and who were buried in the
First Presbyterian Churchyard
Trenton, N.J.
James Francis Armstrong •
John Beatty •
Nicholas de . . . — — Map (db m4005) HM
George Clymer
Signer of the Constitution of the
United States of America
Deputy from Pennsylvania to
Federal Constitutional Convention
May 25, 1787 – September 17, 1787 — — Map (db m4007) HM
In memory of Mahlon Stacy the first English settler, 1679, who owned the land both sides of the Assunpink Creek at the Falls of Delaware, now Trenton. He erected a grist mill to accommodate the neighborhood; was a member of the Governor’s Council; . . . — — Map (db m3831) HM
A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
Mount Zion A.M.E. Church
The Oldest Black Church in Trenton
Incorporated by slaves and freedmen 1811
Original edifice this site 1819
Member Founding . . . — — Map (db m4945) HM
Built in 1837, Trenton’s first City Hall shared space with stores and rental meeting rooms. Municipal growth led to use of the full building in 1882 and to its replacement by the new City Hall in 1910. Yard’s department store occupied the site for . . . — — Map (db m3989) HM
In memory of
Rev. John Rosbrugh
Clerical Martyr of the Revolution
Moderator of the
Presbytery of New Brunswick
1776
Chaplain 3d Battalion
Northampton County PA Militia
December 25, 1776
Bayoneted to death by Hessians
in . . . — — Map (db m4006) HM
Trenton’s first theater, built here in 1867, presented everyone from Mark Twain and Ethel Barrymore to George M. Cohan before its 1921 conversion to a movie and vaudeville palace as the Capital Theatre. Governors George B. McClellan (1877) and . . . — — Map (db m3991) HM
was originally built circa 1760 on what is now South Broad Street as a one room, two story “shanty.” Alexander Douglass purchased it in 1769 and it was in that place that George Washington called a Council of War during the . . . — — Map (db m79921) HM
A Bicentennial Commemorative Site recognizing America's 200th year of liberty
Organized 1712
Present Building erected 1839
We are bound to God’s will
(On another marker nearby on the front porch:
Presbyterian Church
Formed 1712 . . . — — Map (db m3993) HM
Here stood the first municipal building in Trenton, 1809 – 1837. Later used as a public school, the present building, erected 1850, was the first school house to be built from public funds in the Trenton of that day. — — Map (db m3788) HM
Dedicated May 9, 1992
1792 - 1992
(On the Left Side)
In Memoriam
Officer Jacob Reupp 6-14-1875
Officer George B. Grover 6-15-17
Officer John J. Clowar 11-16-64
Officer George L. Ambrosio 12-8-79
Oh almighty god, . . . — — Map (db m4578) HM
Founded in 1856, the Trenton YMCA was initially located in homes and public buildings throughout the city. In 1892, with volunteer leadership and total community support, the YMCA built their first consolidated facility on this site. By 1916, the . . . — — Map (db m3992) HM
From the Lenape language meaning "stony, watery place"
Location of grist mill built in 1679 by Malhon Stacy origin of Trenton's industries — — Map (db m208110) HM
