Nocat: | yes |
Douglass House | |
Nrhp Type2: | indcp |
Partof: | Mill Hill Historic District |
Partof Refnum: | 77000880 |
Designated Nrhp Type2: | December 12, 1977 |
Location: | Corner of Front and Montgomery Streets, Trenton, New Jersey |
Coordinates: | 40.2189°N -74.7617°W |
Architecture: | Federal, Side-hall Plan |
Added: | December 18, 1970 |
Refnum: | 70000387 |
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: | September 11, 1970 |
Designated Other1 Number: | 1766[1] |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Designated Other1 Color: |
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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.[2] 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.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1970, for its significance in architecture, military and social history.[4] It was added as a contributing property to the Mill Hill Historic District on December 12, 1977.[5]
Originally located on South Broad Street, the oldest section of the house dates to . It was built by Jacob Bright, who sold it to Alexander Douglass, a quartermaster in the Continental Army, in 1769.[4] As of 2017, the house was undergoing extensive renovation.[6]