Douglass House
Douglass House in 2015
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey) is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey) is located in New Jersey
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey) is located in the United States
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)
LocationCorner of Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates40°13′08.1″N 74°45′42.2″W / 40.218917°N 74.761722°W / 40.218917; -74.761722
Builtc. 1766
Architectural styleFederal, Side-hall Plan
Part ofMill Hill Historic District (ID77000880)
NRHP reference No.70000387[1]
NJRHP No.1766[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 1970
Designated CPDecember 12, 1977
Designated NJRHPSeptember 11, 1970

The Douglass House is a historic house currently located at the corner of Front and Montgomery Streets in the Mill Hill neighborhood of the city Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey. It served as George Washington's headquarters prior to the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777.[3] Listed as the Bright–Douglass House, it was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936, when the house was located in Mahlon Stacy Park near the Delaware River.[4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970, for its significance in architecture, military and social history.[5] It was added as a contributing property to the Mill Hill Historic District on December 12, 1977.[6]

History and description

Originally located on South Broad Street, the oldest section of the house dates to c. 1766. It was built by Jacob Bright, who sold it to Alexander Douglass, a quartermaster in the Continental Army, in 1769.[5] As of 2017, the house was undergoing extensive renovation.[7]

HABS photo from 1936

See also

References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System – (#70000387)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. September 29, 2022. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Stryker, William S. (1898). The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 270.
  4. ↑ "Bright–Douglass House". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1936.
  5. 1 2 Towaszewski, Charlotte (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglass House". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
  6. ↑ Greiff, Constance M.; Kostrub, Nanci; Ashton, Charles H. (April 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mill Hill Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 16 photos
  7. ↑ Rojas, Christina (July 24, 2017). "Historic house being restored for $300K. Yes, George Washington stayed here". NJ.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
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