Bellevue Avenue Colored School Explained

Bellevue Avenue Colored School
Location:	81 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates:	40.2256°N -74.7714°W
Built:	1883
Architect:	Thines, William B.; Herron, Alfred P.
Architecture:	Italianate
Added:	January 2, 1997
Area:	0.3acres
Refnum:	96001547
Designated Other1 Name:	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Abbr:	NJRHP
Designated Other1 Link:	New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Designated Other1 Date:	April 26, 1996
Designated Other1 Number:	3266^[1]
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Designated Other1 Color:	ffc94b

Bellevue Avenue Colored School is located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1883 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

It is a two-story brick Italianate building, built as a "new school building for the use of the coloredchildren of Trenton".^[2]

It has also been known as Lincoln School, Old Lincoln School, Public School No. 14, and as King David Lodge No. 15 F & AM. It was owned by the Acacia Temple Building Corporation (King David Lodge No. 15) in 1996.^[2]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office . 9 . March 1, 2011 . March 28, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101203043600/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/mercer.pdf . December 3, 2010 .
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=96001547}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellevue Avenue Colored School / Lincoln School; Old Lincoln School; Public School No. 14; King David Lodge No. 15 F & AM ]. National Park Service. Meisha Hunter . February 1, 1996 . June 4, 2018. With