Lawrence Township Historic District
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Lawrence Township Historic District | |
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Harmony Hall | |
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| Location | Lawrenceville and vicinity, including both sides of U.S. 206. |
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| Coordinates | 40°18′1″N 74°43′12″W / 40.30028°N 74.72000°WCoordinates: 40°18′1″N 74°43′12″W / 40.30028°N 74.72000°W |
| Architectural style | pre-revolutionary Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Victorian, and Mid 19th Century Revivals. |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000799 |
| NJRHP # | 1717[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 14, 1972[2] |
| Designated NJRHP | July 31, 1972 |
Lawrence Township Historic District is a historic district that preserves the community of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
The district includes a number of buildings along US Route 206 (formerly King's Highway), two early cemeteries associated with the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville (Est. 1697), and The Lawrenceville School National Historic Landmark. Prominent architects represented in the district include Peabody and Stearns, William Adams Delano, and Frederick Law Olmsted.
"Lawrence Township Historic District" does not encompass all of the registered historic buildings, structures, and cemeteries within Lawrence Township.
See also
References
- Footnotes
- ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places — Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection — Historic Preservation Office. January 22, 2015.
- ↑ National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- Other sources
- "Main Street Historic District". http://www.lawrencetwp.com/index.html. Township of Lawrence. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "About Lawrence Township". http://thelhs.org/. Lawrence Historical Society. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "Our History". http://pclawrenceville.org/. The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "Lawrenceville History". http://www.lawrencevillemainstreet.com/index.htm. Lawrenceville Main Street, Inc. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "School History". http://www.lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
|website=(help) - "The Fathers Building Then and Now". http://www.lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. October 11, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2015. External link in
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External links
Media related to Lawrence Township Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
Two of the historic buildings in the village:
- 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
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