Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)

Douglass House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Douglass House in 2015
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Location	Corner of Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°13′08.1″N 74°45′42.2″W
Built	c. 1766
Architectural style	Federal, Side-hall Plan
Part of	Mill Hill Historic District (ID77000880)
NRHP reference No.	70000387[1]
NJRHP No.	1766[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1970
Designated CP	December 12, 1977
Designated NJRHP	September 11, 1970

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] 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

• List of Washington's Headquarters during the Revolutionary War
• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey

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. 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.

External links

• Media related to Douglass House at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NJ-237, "Bright–Douglass House, Mahlon Stacy Park, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ"
• "Alexander Douglass House on the Move". The Historical Marker Database.