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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Trenton
Trenton, New Jersey and Vicinity
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| | Historically, Lamberton was the loose-knit fishing village and port that extended along the left bank of the Delaware River from Ferry Street to Riverview Cemetery. The heart of the community lay between Landing and Lalor Streets, exactly . . . — — Map (db m4389) HM |
| | For several thousand years the waters of the Delaware River supplied fish to Native Americans living along the riverbank. Colonial Immigrants and modern Americans followed suit, catching fish for their own local consumption and for sale in domestic . . . — — Map (db m4394) HM |
| | Trenton contributed mightily to the national war effort in World War I and World War II, mobilizing men and women to fight and to sustain those doing the fighting, and stepping up production in those factories providing materials critical to the . . . — — Map (db m4309) HM |
| | (see the individual stones photographed below) — — Map (db m4210) HM |
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1702 The Proprietors of East and West Jersey relinquish the government of the provinces to Queen Anne, and New Jersey becomes a Royal Colony.
1714 Hunterdon County forms from the northern portion of Burlington County with the Assunpink . . . — — Map (db m4242) HM |
| | (see the individual stones photographed below) — — Map (db m4245) HM |
| | (see the individual stones photographed below) — — Map (db m4246) HM |
| | Cast your gaze downstream and try to imagine a landscape unaltered by European settlement and the Industrial Age. It is difficult today to appreciate the abundance of natural resources that once surrounded the mouth of Crosswicks Creek even as . . . — — Map (db m4379) HM |
| | Colonel Rall was entertained on Christmas night 1776 in the house owned by Abraham Hunt which stood on this spot. — — Map (db m3657) 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 Old Barracks is recognized as a National Historic Landmark for its significance as the finest example of colonial barracks in the United States and because of its role in the Battles of Trenton during the Revolutionary War. It is also . . . — — Map (db m62214) HM |
| | Dedicated to the memory
of the Black soldiers and patriots
both free and enslaved
who served in the American Revolution
1776 – 1783 — — Map (db m4149) HM |
| | 1952-1983
“Oldest known black bear to live in captivity”
Nothing is lost that leaves a memory — — Map (db m4575) HM |
| |
This
Meeting House
was occupied by the
British
Light Dragoons
December 1776 — — Map (db m3832) HM |
| |
-1863- -1943-
Quartermaster General of New Jersey
and a founder of this memorial
Good citizen and good friend
whose generosity to every worthy
cause made him beloved
Dedicated by his friend Walter Evans Edge
Governor of . . . — — Map (db m4018) HM |
| | A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
Cadwalader Park
Named for General Thomas Cadwalader, Trenton’s Chief Burgess in 1746. Promoted by Edmund C. Hill in 1884. Authorized by City Council in 1888 . . . — — Map (db m4127) HM |
| | As the United States began to feel the full force of the Industrial Revolution and expand its own manufacturing and commercial base, cities like Trenton that were blessed with an advantageous location were in the forefront of transportation . . . — — Map (db m4298) HM |
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In 1830 the State of New Jersey granted its first railroad charter to the Camden and Amboy (C&A) Railroad and a similar charter to the Delaware and Raritan (D&R) Canal. The original C&A, linking Camden, Bordentown, Trenton and South Amboy, was . . . — — Map (db m160174) 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 was . . . — — 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 |
| | Mrs. Ford has dedicated more than 40 years of her life to serving the people in her community, especially the youth of Chambersburg, through her involvement in various groups and organizations. No one exemplifies this commitment to the community . . . — — Map (db m4200) HM |
| | Three centuries ago, the landscape before you would have appeared much different. Looking west toward today's State House, you would have been facing a steep-sided ravine with wooded slopes and a fast flowing stream passing from right to left to . . . — — Map (db m76805) 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 that . . . — — Map (db m4467) HM |
| | (To the right of the front door):
A Bicentennial commemorative site recognizing America’s 200th year of liberty
Church of the Sacred Heart
New Jersey’s oldest Catholic parish
Successor of St. John’s 1814
(To the left of the . . . — — Map (db m4060) HM |
| | Trenton initially developed as a center of iron and steel production as a result of the efforts of Peter Cooper, the well-known inventor, industrialist and philanthropist from New York City. In the mid-1840s, as Cooper began to turn his attention to . . . — — Map (db m4295) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Pioneered to establish this first mental hospital in New Jersey in 1848. She was later Chief Nurse in the Union Army. — — Map (db m76924) 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 the . . . — — Map (db m3746) 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 |
| | . . . — — Map (db m4068) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m4065) HM |
| | The lands adjoining the Falls of the Delaware River were a natural location for early European settlement, just as they had been a focus of native American occupation. The Falls were little more than a stretch of fast-running shallow water between . . . — — Map (db m4233) HM |
| | Two ferries across the Delaware River in the Trenton area date from the late 17th century – the Yardley Ferry and the Trenton or Middle Ferry. Two more – the Upper and Lower Ferries – were added later in the 18th century. The . . . — — Map (db m4385) 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 |
| | Trenton’s First Public School, built here in 1874, had room for 304 students. When city growth prompted the 1902 building of a new high school at Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Street, this became the William McKinley Elementary School. — — Map (db m3572) 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 |
| | On this site in 1896, was played the first professional basketball game. Fred Cooper, captain of the Trentons, had arranged for the rental of Masonic Temple Hall, after rent was paid, he distributed the remaining money among the players with . . . — — Map (db m3658) HM |
| | Trenton’s first Jewish organization, Mount Sinai Cemetery Association, formed November 19, 1857, later known as Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation, began regular synagogue services at this site in 1860. — — Map (db m3654) HM |
| | Nearby, Lt. John Fitch, official State Armourer, operated a gunshop during the Revolution. It was damaged by the Hessians in 1776. On the Delaware, in 1790, he operated the first commercial steamboat that ran on a regular, advertised schedule. — — Map (db m3777) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m3984) HM |
| | Following the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the newly independent United States were faced with establishing a national capital. Up to this point the Continental Congress had met in several places, most often in Philadelphia and New York City. Congress . . . — — Map (db m4275) HM |
| | Trenton burst forth as the premier pottery-producing center of the Eastern United States in the second half of the 19th century, the city skyline soon being dominated by the smokestacks of pottery kilns. Trenton’s location as a transportation hub . . . — — Map (db m4284) HM |
| | Most of the historic walls before you relate to the Front Street Paper Mill, which operated from around 1827 until 1876. The rectangular pit originally contained a giant overshot waterwheel, six to eight feet wide and 18 to 20 feet in diameter, fed . . . — — Map (db m78386) HM |
| | Erected to commemorate that noble spirit of justice displayed by Gen. George Washington after his capture of Trenton in December 1776, in returning to both Whig and Tory alike their personal effects, of which they had been ruthlessly plundered . . . — — Map (db m3757) HM |
| | Valiant soldier and explorer — — Map (db m160182) WM |
| | 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 |
| | Signer of the Declaration of Independence — — Map (db m160177) HM |
| | . . . — — Map (db m4181) HM |
| | Home of Moore Furman, Trenton’s first mayor, 1792–1794. Official residence of Governor of New Jersey, 1798–1845. Gen. George B. McClellan in 1862 and Woodrow Wilson in 1912 were among many notables who occupied this famous landmark. — — Map (db m3655) HM |
| | Trenton has been a seat of county and municipal government since colonial times, although the impact of government on the landscape of the city was relatively limited until the early 20th century. Prior to 1900, most government business was . . . — — Map (db m4313) HM |
| | On this site stood the dwelling which was the headquarters of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian Commander mortally wounded in the Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776 in which house he died the following day.
The dwelling was from November . . . — — Map (db m3796) HM |
| | Trenton has a long and storied sporting tradition, both amateur and professional. The city was home to the country’s first professional basketball team, the Trentons, as the local team was known, began charging admission to their games in 1896, so . . . — — Map (db m4310) 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 |
| | This wall encloses a portion of a plot of two acres whereon was erected in 1704 the first Christian church within the present confines of Mercer County.
Early records refer to it as “Hopewell Church” and “Christ . . . — — Map (db m4073) HM |
| | Here in the house of
Alexander Douglass
Washington
called a council of war
on the evening of
January 2, 1777
when the
flank movement to
Princeton
was decided upon — — Map (db m3787) HM |
| | In the late 19th century, long after Lamberton had declined as a center of fishing, shipping and rafting, a new industrial focus emerged at the foot of Lalor Street. Here, straddling Lamberton Street, a factory complex took root where ice was made . . . — — Map (db m4386) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 master . . . — — Map (db m4465) HM |
| | Civil Engineer
Designer and builder
of many suspension bridges
Founder of Trenton’s greatest industry
An energetic worker
Inventor and man of affairs
Devoted to his adopted country
in whose progress he had unswerving faith
A patron . . . — — Map (db m4128) 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 |
| | 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. In . . . — — Map (db m4943) 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 |
| | This commemorates the genius, patience and perseverance of Lieutenant John Fitch, inventor of the first steamboat. It made successful trips between Philadelphia and Trenton in 1790 and docked near this site. — — Map (db m3751) 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 |
| | 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 elected to . . . — — Map (db m4466) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Trenton’s first industry. Built near here in 1679. Heirs sold mill and 800 acres to William Trent after 1704. He replaced it with a larger mill which continued under successive owners until 1828. Later converted to a cotton, and then to a paper . . . — — Map (db m3740) HM |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | (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 |
| | 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 |
| | (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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 Community Theater
of the City of Trenton
This plaque presented
in memory of
Emma Jane Stockton — — Map (db m4177) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | Built in 1758 for British troops of the French and Indian War. Hessians were here at the Battle of Trenton. — — Map (db m28026) HM |
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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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | (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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
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