Historic house in New Jersey, United States
United States historic place
The Douglass House is a historic house 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] Historic American Buildings Survey in 1936, when the house was located in Mahlon Stacy Park near the Delaware River .[ 4] National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970, for its significance in architecture, military and social history.[ 5] 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] [ 7]
HABS photo from 1936
See also
References
^ "National Register Information System – (#70000387)" . National Register of Historic Places National Park Service . November 2, 2013.^ "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.^ Stryker, William S. (1898). The Battles of Trenton and Princeton ^ "Bright–Douglass House" . Historic American Buildings Survey . 1936.^ a b Towaszewski, Charlotte (July 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Douglass House" . National Park Service . accompanying photo ^ Greiff, Constance M.; Kostrub, Nanci; Ashton, Charles H. (April 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Mill Hill Historic District" . National Park Service . accompanying 16 photos ^ 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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