Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)

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Douglass House
Douglass House, Trenton, NJ.jpg
Douglass House in 2015
Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey) is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
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; -74.761722Coordinates: 40°13′08.1″N 74°45′42.2″W / 40.218917°N 74.761722°W / 40.218917; -74.761722
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1766
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 NJRHPSeptember 11, 1970

The Douglass House in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1766. It served as George Washington's headquarters prior to the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton.[3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. As of 2017 the house was undergoing extensive renovation.[4]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. January 22, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-16.
  3. ^ Stryker, William S. (1898). The Battles of Trenton and Princeton. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. p. 270.
  4. ^ 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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