Misplaced Pages

Lawrence Township Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Harmony Hall
Show map of Mercer County, New JerseyShow map of New JerseyShow map of the United States
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; -74.72000
Area	550 acres (220 ha)
Architectural style	Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Victorian, and Mid 19th Century Revivals.
NRHP reference No.	72000799
NJRHP No.	1717
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 14, 1972
Designated NJRHP	July 31, 1972

The Lawrence Township Historic District is a 550-acre (220 ha) historic district encompassing the community of Lawrenceville in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1972 for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, literature, military history, and transportation. The district includes 45 contributing buildings.

Description

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. Prominent architects represented in the district include Peabody and Stearns, William Adams Delano, and Frederick Law Olmsted.

• Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville
• Hamill House
• Theophilus Phillips House

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#72000799)". 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. December 20, 2022. p. 8.
3. ^ Greiff, Constance; Blake, Channing (September 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lawrence Township Historic District". National Park Service. With accompanying 10 photos

Further reading

• "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 January 19, 2015. 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 January 24, 2016. Retrieved January 27, 2015.

External links

• Media related to Lawrence Township Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
• 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

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey
Landmarks	Abbott Farm Archeological Site Westland Mansion Albert Einstein House Joseph Henry House Lawrenceville School Maybury Hill Morven Nassau Hall Old Barracks Maclean House Princeton Battlefield Prospect House William Trent House Washington Crossing State Park
Districts	Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District Berkeley Square Historic District Delaware and Raritan Canal Drake Farmstead/Brookdale Farm Harbourton Historic District Jugtown Historic District King's Highway Historic District Kingston Mill Historic District Lake Carnegie Historic District Lawrence Township Historic District Mill Hill Historic District Mountain Avenue Historic District Old School Baptist Church and Cemetery of Hopewell Pleasant Valley Historic District Princeton Historic District Riverview Cemetery State House Historic District Stockton Street Historic District Titusville Historic District Trenton Ferry Historic District Windsor Historic District
Places of worship	First Presbyterian Church of Trenton First Presbyterian Church of Pennington Penns Neck Baptist Church Sacred Heart Church St. Michael's Church Trenton Friends Meeting House
Houses	John Abbott II House Abbott-Decou House Anderson-Capner House Baker-Brearley House Bow Hill Charles Brearley House Gen. Philemon Dickinson House Douglass House Drumthwacket William Green House Green-Reading House John D. Hart House Hart–Hoch House Donald Grant Herring Estate Highfields House at 379 West State Street Hunt Farmstead Rudolph V. Kuser Estate Ichabod Leigh House Mansion House Mercer Street Friends Center Old Ryan Farm Isaac Pearson House Joseph Phillips Farm John Rogers House Samuel Sloan House Smith-Ribsam House Israel Stevens House Joseph Stout House Tusculum University Cottage Club Colonel John Van Cleve Homestead Jeremiah Vandyke House Isaac Watson House John Welling House John White House Jeremiah Woolsey House
Commercial buildings	Adams and Sickles Building American Cigar Company Broad Street National Bank Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. Cigar Factory Golden Swan-True American Hopewell Station In and Out Social Club Thomas Maddock's Sons Company New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles Building Old Eagle Tavern Pennington Railroad Station Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station Princeton Railroad Station Roebling Machine Shop John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3 Somerset Roller Mills Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex Trenton Bath House West Trenton Station
Public buildings	Bellevue Avenue Colored School Carver Center East Trenton Public Library Higbee Street School Mott School and Second Street School Trenton War Memorial Trenton City Hall U.S. Post Office and Courthouse Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children
Sites	Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196) Crosswicks Creek Site III Mount Rose Distillery Princeton Ice Company Washington Road Elm Allée
Structures	Hog Island Cranes Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge Trenton Battle Monument Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge
Former	Princessville Inn
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

• Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey
• Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places