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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mercer County, New Jersey
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| On S Broad Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Trenton originated with a gristmill founded near this spot on the Assunpink Creek over three centuries ago. The mill drove the early economic growth of the town, soon becoming known as Trent’s or the Trenton Mills after the family that owned . . . — — Map (db m112076) HM |
| On West State Street just west of South Warren Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| Near South Clinton Avenue. |
| | (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 |
| On Market Street at South Broad Street, on the left when traveling east on Market Street. |
| | Built on Mill Hill. 1839. Named for General Hugh Mercer who fought at Trenton and died in the Battle of Princeton, 1777. Goodyear vs. Day patent case tried here in 1852. Daniel Webster won for Goodyear. The result was a great impetus to local rubber . . . — — Map (db m3752) HM |
| On Drive through Cadwalader Park, on the left. |
| | (Front):
Mercer County to her sons
who served in the United States
Army and Navy
1861-1866.
Dedicated June 19, 1903
(Soldier’s Side):
Liberty and Union
One Flag
One Land
One Nation Evermore
. . . — — Map (db m4125) HM |
| On S. Montgomery Street just north of Livingston Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Mill Hill is named because it overlooks the site of the grist mill built along the Assunpink Creek in 1679 by Mahlon Stacy, Trenton’s first settler.
On January 2, 1777, the Second Battle of Trenton was fought on the creek banks, and General . . . — — Map (db m3737) HM |
| On S Broad Street at E Front Street, on the right when traveling north on S Broad Street. |
| | 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 |
| Near South Montgomery Street near East Front Street. |
| | The Community Theater
of the City of Trenton
This plaque presented
in memory of
Emma Jane Stockton — — Map (db m4177) HM |
| On Perry Street just west of North Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| | Artifacts recovered from prehistoric archaelogical sites, especially stone tools and ceramic pots, contain vital information about the living habits and age of Native American cultures. If the soil conditions allow, other materials – such as . . . — — Map (db m4207) HM |
| | The lifestyle of the Lenape changed forever upon contact with Europeans. One source of change was the European appetite for furs in making robes, coats, hats and gloves. Dutch, Swedish and English explorers and traders exchanged items of metal, . . . — — Map (db m4208) HM |
| On Barrack Street just from Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were quartered here before the Battle of Trenton. — — Map (db m3756) HM |
| On Barracks Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were here at the Battle of Trenton. — — Map (db m28026) HM |
| On Barracks Street, on the left when traveling north. |
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"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 |
| On East State Street at North Broad Street, on the right when traveling west on East State Street. |
| | 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 |
| On South Broad Street (U.S. 206) at Ferry Street, on the right when traveling south on South Broad Street. |
| | A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
Old Eagle Tavern
During the 19th century this tavern served travelers, soldiers, and Trentonians as a social and political center. — — Map (db m4061) HM |
| Near Barrack Street at Lafayette Street. |
| | (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 |
| On West State Street 0.1 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | (see the individual stones photographed below) — — Map (db m4205) HM |
| | In the 1670s and 1680s, most of the proprietors of the Province of West Jersey were Quakers. Quakers were attracted to the new colony by the promise of economic prosperity and religious freedom as well as the opportunity to raise families in a . . . — — Map (db m4234) HM |
| On South Broad Street 0.1 miles north of Dye Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A Bicentennial commemorative site
recognizing America’s
200th year of liberty
Residence, built in 1855,
of John A. Roebling
American developer of wire rope and the suspension bridge. Occupied by his family until after his death in 1869. . . . — — Map (db m4474) HM |
| On East State Street just east of North Broad Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On East State Street at Carroll Street, on the right when traveling west on East State Street. |
| | 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 |
| | Civil rights, the rights to freedom from discrimination that every citizen and inhabitant enjoys by law, have evolved gradually over the years in the United States. For African-Americans, civil rights have been hard-won and are still an issue. . . . — — Map (db m4311) HM |
| | Riverview Cemetery, today a wedge of green between two major highways, is an oasis in the concrete and asphalt of the city where Trenton’s history is written silently in gravestones. Here in 1685, John Lambert conveyed two acres to the Chesterfield . . . — — Map (db m146472) HM |
| | One of the iron and steel products for which Trenton became best known was wire rope. Originally developed as a stronger and more durable alternative to hemp, wire rope was first successfully produced in America in the early 1840s by John A. . . . — — Map (db m4302) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue at South Broad Street, on the right when traveling east on Hamilton Avenue. |
| | Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777. — — Map (db m4057) HM |
| On Hamilton Avenue at Chestnut Avenue on Hamilton Avenue. |
| | Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777 — — Map (db m4074) HM |
| On North Warren Street 0.1 miles from Perry Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | "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 |
| Near South Clinton Avenue. |
| | 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 on . . . — — Map (db m4464) HM |
| | In the colonial and early Federal periods, Lamberton was an important node in the regional trade network and a limited participant in overseas trade. Positioned at the head of navigation this small port developed as a key point of collection and . . . — — Map (db m4383) HM |
| On West Front Street at South Warren Street, on the right when traveling east on West Front Street. |
| | 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 |
| | From the onset of European settlement in North America slavery was a recognized institution and integral to the colonial economy. Although Quakers discouraged the practice, settlers of other religious faiths living in the Delaware Valley maintained . . . — — Map (db m4273) HM |
| On Lamberton Street at Lalor Street, on the left when traveling north on Lamberton Street. |
| | Gifted to the City of Trenton and the Mercer County Parks Commission
by the New Jersey Department of Transportation
and the successful efforts of the Route 29 Community Partnering Team.
Designer: Vollmer Associates, LLP
Contractor: PKF-Mark . . . — — Map (db m4451) HM |
| On West State Street 0.2 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On South Broad Street at Windsor Alley, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street. |
| | 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 |
| On E Front Street at S Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling east on E Front Street. |
| | 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 |
| On West State Street 0 miles west of Barracks Street. |
| | 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 |
| | By December of 1776, the Continental Army had withdrawn in disarray from New York, across Central New Jersey and the Delaware River into Pennsylvania. The British were in complacent pursuit, confident that it was only a matter of weeks or months . . . — — Map (db m4274) HM |
| On East State Street 0.1 miles east of North Broad Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Colonial Avenue just east of Riverside Avenue when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Second Street just north of Cass Street when traveling north. |
| | Labour, Silence, Penitence
The Penitentiary House
Erected by Legislative Authority
Richard Howell, Governor
In the XXII Year of Amern Independence
MDCCXCVII
That those who are feared for their crimes
May learn to fear . . . — — Map (db m4523) HM |
| On South Broad Street (U.S. 206) 0.2 miles south of Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this site, late in the afternoon of January 2, 1777, General Washington’s “Little Band” of determined men and boys won the Second Battle of Trenton. Having amassed a great concentration of artillery and small-arms power, the Americans . . . — — Map (db m3743) HM |
| On S Broad Street at E Front Street, on the right when traveling north on S Broad Street. |
| | 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 m127071) HM |
| On West State Street at South Warren Street, on the right when traveling east on West State Street. |
| | 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 |
| On West State Street 0.2 miles west of Barrack Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
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 |
| On Drive through Cadwalader Park, on the right. |
| | The first gun an eight inch Parrott Rifle or 200 pounder, fired from the Marsh Battery, on Morris Island, S.C. at the City of Charleston, 7,000 yards distance. Weight of gun 16,500 pounds, weight of charge of powder 16 pounds, and weight of . . . — — Map (db m4130) 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 |
| Near Memorial Drive near Lafayette Street. |
| | (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 m4174) WM |
| | Between 1674 and 1702, the province of West New Jersey was owned and governed by a group of men collectively known as the West Jersey Proprietors. The first proprietors were two Quakers, Edward Byllynge and John Fenwick, who acquired rights to half . . . — — Map (db m4235) HM |
| Near John Fitch Parkway (U.S. 29). |
| | Just as the river has for centuries flowed across the falls of the Delaware, so have waves of people streamed into the Trenton area to settle, raise families and make a living. Still more people have passed through this hub in the landscape – . . . — — Map (db m4417) HM |
| On South Broad Street at Greenwood Avenue when traveling south on South Broad Street. |
| | This monument and plaque was erected by the citizens of the Third Ward in memory of those who served in World War 2 and for those who made the supreme sacrifice
John J, McGlone, Sr.
President
Sam Brodner
Vice-President
John L. . . . — — Map (db m4568) HM |
| On Academy Street 0.1 miles east of North Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| Near William Trent Place, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| Near West State Street east of Green Place. |
| | 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 |
| On North Warren Street (New Jersey Route 1) at North Broad Street (U.S. 206), on the right when traveling south on North Warren Street. |
| | (On the back Panel):
This monument is erected by the Trenton Battle Monument Association to commemorate the victory gained by the American Army over the forces of Great Britain in this town on the 25th day of December
Anno Domini 1776 . . . — — Map (db m4137) HM |
| On North Warren Street (New Jersey Route 1) at North Broad Street (U.S. 206), on the right when traveling south on North Warren Street. |
| | A Bicentennial commemorative site
recognizing America’s
200th year of liberty
Trenton Battle Monument
Marks site of major gun emplacement
at Battle of Trenton
December 25, 1776 — — Map (db m4151) HM |
| On John Fitch Way (U.S. 29) 0.1 miles south of East Bridge Street (Business U.S. 1), on the right when traveling north. |
| | April 21, 1789, Washington passed through Trenton on his way to New York for inauguration. Reception was held in City Tavern. — — Map (db m3749) HM |
| Near River View Plaza (U.S. 29). |
| | An important part of Trenton’s manufacturing history once operated near this site. Incorporated by Peter Cooper, Abram Hewitt, Edward Cooper and James Hall in 1847, the Trenton Iron Works was renowned for the quality of the goods it produced. The . . . — — Map (db m3922) HM |
| On East State Street just east of South Stockton Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
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 |
| On East State Street just from South Montgomery Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| | Europeans and Africans moving into the Middle Delaware valley in the late 17th and 18th centuries professed and practiced a variety of religious faiths. In the case of the incoming European settlers, most held to some form of Protestant Christian . . . — — Map (db m4249) HM |
| On West State Street 0.1 miles west of North Willow Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This park is dedicated to all New Jersey Veterans of all wars — — Map (db m160231) WM |
| On North Warren Street at West Hanover Street, on the left when traveling north on North Warren Street. |
| | Warren Street Plaza
Dedicated 2004
-Mayor-
Honorable Douglas H. Palmer
-City Council-
Paul M. Pintella, President
Annette H. Lartigue, Vice President
Milford Bethea
Gino A. Melone
Manuel Segura
Cordelia M. Staton
John G. . . . — — Map (db m4164) HM |
| On South Montgomery Street. |
| | (On the back of the pedestal):
This statue which was carved in Italy, and was first exhibited at the Centennial Exposition was purchased and presented to the city by the Mayor, the Common Council and other officials of the City of Trenton, . . . — — Map (db m4176) HM |
| Near Barrack Street north of West Lafayette Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
(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 . . . — — Map (db m4179) HM |
| On South Broad Street at Lafayette Street, on the right when traveling north on South Broad Street. |
| | At the bridge over the Assunpink Creek on April 21, 1789, the citizens of Trenton honored George Washington as he passed through a triumphal arch on his way to New York City to be inaugurated President of the United States. — — Map (db m3739) HM |
| |
The Trenton Water Power
The Trenton Water Power was a seven-mile canal built in the early 1830s along the left bank of the Delaware River to spur industrial development along the waterfront in Trenton. The canal drew water from the . . . — — Map (db m4435) 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 |
| | In the 17th and early 18th centuries, while struggling to maintain their lifestyle of hunting, fishing and gathering, the Lenape released their lands to incoming Europeans through sales and treaties. The Europeans unwittingly brought with them . . . — — Map (db m4209) HM |
| | The Sanhickans were a band of the Algonquian-speaking Lenape that occupied the Middle Delaware valley at the time of European contact in the 17th century. The Lenape territory ranged from the Atlantic coastline inland up into the Delaware, Raritan . . . — — Map (db m4206) 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 he . . . — — 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 . . . — — Map (db m4542) HM |
| Near South Clinton Avenue. Reported missing. |
| | 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 |
| Near Market Street at William Trent Place. |
| | 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 |
| Near Market Street at William Trent Place. |
| | 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 |
| Near Wm Trent, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| | By the end of the 17th century William Trent, a native of Inverness Scotland, had established himself as a prominent Philadelphia merchant trading in flour, tobacco, rum and molasses, slaves and indentured servants. His shipping interests extended . . . — — Map (db m4236) HM |
| Near South Clinton Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On West State Street 0.1 miles west of North Willow Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
"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 earned our . . . — — Map (db m160232) HM WM |
| Near Barracks Street near West Lafayette Street. |
| | 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 |
| | We, the members of Vietnam Veterans United, Inc. dedicate this memorial to our fallen brothers who did not come home, from the Vietnam War. They have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and government. We will never forget them, for they . . . — — Map (db m61645) WM |
| On Cranbury Road (County Route 615). |
| | On the evening of October 30, 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre presented a dramatization of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds as adapted by Howard Koch. This was to become a landmark in broadcast history, provoking continuing . . . — — Map (db m63539) HM |
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