Английская Википедия:Douglass House (Trenton, New Jersey)

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Шаблон:Infobox NRHP The Douglass House is a historic house currently located 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.[1] 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.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970, for its significance in architecture, military and social history.[3] It was added as a contributing property to the Mill Hill Historic District on December 12, 1977.[4]

History and description

Originally located on South Broad Street, the oldest section of the house dates to Шаблон:Circa. It was built by Jacob Bright, who sold it to Alexander Douglass, a quartermaster in the Continental Army, in 1769.[3] As of 2017, the house was undergoing extensive renovation.[5]

Файл:Historic American Buildings Survey Nathaniel R. Ewan, Photographer April 29, 1936 EXTERIOR - EAST ELEVATION - Bright-Douglass House, Mahlon Stacy Park, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ HABS NJ,11-TRET,8-1.tif
HABS photo from 1936

See also

References

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External links

Шаблон:National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey Шаблон:NRHP in Mercer County, New Jersey