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Trenton Historic Landmarks £ 19 Delaware and Raritan 49 Mercer Cemetery 1 Douglass House* 32 Reading Freight Station* 43 Yard Avenue Canal House 165 E Front Street 260 N Willow Street Historic District (demolished) 100 Block South Clinton Avenue 1 Prospect Street 50 Trenton Public Library (interior) 2 William Trent House* 33 Carver Center 44 N.J. Steel and Iron Co. Building/ 20 Trenton State Prison 130 Academy Street 513 S Warren Street 40 Fowler Street CE Cooper Iron Works Administration Building N E E U 501 John Fitch Way R N Third Street 3 Old Eagle Tavern* 34 Ackerman Building E 51 League of Women Voters W A V A L 210 E Hanover Street 204 W State Street (interior) 429-431 S Broad Street 45 Greenwood-Hamilton E 21 Trenton State Prison E S I U Historic District R N P 4 Ellarslie Mansion* Warden’s House 35 Grinslade's Blacksmith E 52 Old City Hall R V A E 392 Second Street T Cadwalader Park 334 N Olden Avenue 46 Ladder Company No. 2 2 N Broad Street N K E R O 1005 S Clinton Avenue Y 22 Mt. Zion Church 5 Dickinson House 36 Mount Carmel Guild 53 Ewing-Carroll W 701 N Clinton Avenue 135-137 Perry Street 73 N Clinton Avenue E 47 South Warren H i s t o r i c D i s t r i c t N Historic District 23 Trenton City Hall* 6 Shaky Bridge 37 Elks Lodge No. 105 M 54 Trenton Elks Lodge No. 105 ULBERRY Stacey Park 319 E State Street 120 N Warren Street STREET 120 N Warren Street (interior) 48 New Jersey National State Bank T E E U 1 W State Street E N 7 Delaware and Raritan Canal 24 Champale Office 38 Hanover-Academy R E 55 Roebling Mansion T V S A City-Wide 1024 Lamberton Street Historic District G 222 W State Street (interior) I D N N A U L E T 8 Old Barracks* 39 Berkeley Square R 56 48-52 Passaic Street 25 Pentecostal Church (demoli shed) R B U Historic District O 5 Corner of Front & Willow Streets 207 N Montgomery Street C !( L OGA N A 40 Rudolph Kuser Estate VENUE 9 Trenton Battle Monument* 57 Fitzgibbon\Crisp Warehouse 26 Golden Swan N Broad & N Warren Streets 315 W State Street E demolished 101-103 S Warren Street B U R NO N 35 RTH U OL E DEN N AV V !( ENU 10 Kelsey Building 41 Old Mill House S E A 27 Cadwalader Park 58 Fisher-Richey-Perdicaris Place W S OUTH I OL 101 W State Street 1Mill Road C N DEN A V K O EN Historic District Parkside Avenue W UE T ALT ER A A N VE I NU E V L E 11 Saint Michael's Episcopal Church* 42 Adams and Sickles Building* C C U N YL 28 State House ER AV U ENUE H E 1 West End Avenue T 140-144 N Warren Street Historic District M R A O R N T * On the National Register I 12 Old Masonic Temple N 29 John T. Nixon/Higbee School L E U U of Historic Places S Willow and W Lafayette Streets T 20 Bellevue Avenue N H E E V R A K 13 The Hermitage* I 30 N.J. Employees Association N D G O 46 Colonial Avenue O 15 W State Street (demolished) J R W E N B U N E E L AV E C V E O 14 Site of Hunterdon County N U LUM D L R B 31 Mill Hill O N US C G A LIN E VE NU House and Prison Walls V E Historic District A 16 S Warren Street T EE TR N S CH O AM TH BER OU T S 15 Emlen House M L F STR ON I RAN EET M KLI M N S 312 W State Street A WA TRE PEN SHI ET NINGT 36 H NGT ON AV ON ENUE !( ST REE T P 16 Mercer Street Friends Center 53 T T R E O E E R 151 Mercer Street S E T P C R S HE E S T C T E S N S T T O U U T C A T 17 First Presbyterian Church A A S T H V P T S E G C N R 45 L N L U N D T 49 E I A 120 E State Street E I E N A S L K E T R 9 !( O Y A B E T E N T S !( L E O S A I I B V D T C E O N 38 23 E N E R 18 Friends Meeting House A 32 R R U E L 22 !( E S T A E H !( 34 T !( Y T V O 180 E Hanover Street R 50 E 18!( U C E A S N N !( N E 29 T !( U A T L R E S !( S E 11 T T 33 17 R E R !( E UE UE E T AVEN EN !( 1 YVESANT E AV E T STU EVU 37 !( ELL E T B 52 !( REE EET T !( 46 T R !( 31 S ST 56 16 OAD ND D !( R A H B GR Y T 7 !( 14 !( OU 48 E S !( T E E !( TR !( S T S T E NG ET 26 TRE RI E 47 R S 4 P R 10 ND 27 S T !( E A C S S GR !( AI !( OUT 3 E !( S H T AS 8 W P 12 AR !( RE 19 28 !( N S 42 !( TRE T 51 E T T S E !( E !( 55 !( E E E C 15 O R EET !( T TR R N S D S ATE T C ST !( E 20 B EST 40 S N S E W T S T R A !( R E!( S T 58 E J T Y ET A E Y S C R S R T T H SE T R R R E IR Y E 13 E E D E 2 T S T F 21 39 !( S TR !( !( TR E 6 E E E T Y !( T T SULLIVAN W A E E R T S R O L A EWING L RIVE 41 E D RSID !( RIVE 44 IVE !( DR Y TH NE ER AB 24 IVE !( DR N CA HAMILTON HI AN S Trenton Historic Landmarks £ D ON ROA LAMBERT TrLevised 2/05.
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