Lawrence Township Historic District

Lawrence Township Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Harmony Hall
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Location	Lawrenceville and vicinity, including both sides of U.S. 206.
Coordinates	40°18′1″N 74°43′12″W / 40.30028°N 74.72000°W / 40.30028; -74.72000Coordinates: 40°18′1″N 74°43′12″W / 40.30028°N 74.72000°W / 40.30028; -74.72000
Architectural style	pre-revolutionary Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Victorian, and Mid 19th Century Revivals.
NRHP reference No.	72000799
NJRHP No.	1717[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 14, 1972[2]
Designated NJRHP	July 31, 1972

Lawrence Township Historic District is a historic district that preserves the community of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.

The district includes a number of buildings along US Route 206 (formerly King's Highway, as well as the Lincoln Highway), two early cemeteries associated with the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville (Est. 1697), and The Lawrenceville School National Historic Landmark. Prominent architects represented in the district include Peabody and Stearns, William Adams Delano, and Frederick Law Olmsted.

"Lawrence Township Historic District" does not encompass all of the registered historic buildings, structures, and cemeteries within Lawrence Township.

See also[]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

References[]

Footnotes

Other sources

• "Main Street Historic District". lawrencetwp.com/index.html. Township of Lawrence. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
• "About Lawrence Township". thelhs.org/. Lawrence Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
• "Our History". pclawrenceville.org/. The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
• "Lawrenceville History". lawrencevillemainstreet.com/index.htm. Lawrenceville Main Street, Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
• "School History". lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
• "The Fathers Building Then and Now". lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved January 27, 2015.

External links[]

• Media related to Lawrence Township Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

Two of the historic buildings in the village:

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-52, "Harmony Hall, Main Street, Lawrenceville, Mercer County, NJ", 3 photos, 13 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material
• HABS No. NJ-53, "Presbyterian Church, Main Street, Lawrenceville, Mercer County, NJ", 1 photo, 6 measured drawings, 3 data pages, supplemental material