Lawrence Township Historic District
Lawrence Township Historic District is a historic district that preserves the community of Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.
Lawrence Township Historic District | |
 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 |
| Architectural style | pre-revolutionary Colonial, Georgian, Federal, Victorian, and Mid 19th Century Revivals. |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000799 |
| NJRHP No. | 1717[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 14, 1972[2] |
| Designated NJRHP | July 31, 1972 |
The district includes a number of buildings along US Route 206 (formerly King's Highway, as well as the Lincoln 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.
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 Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- Other sources
- "Main Street Historic District". lawrencetwp.com/index.html. Township of Lawrence. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- "About Lawrence Township". http://thelhs.org/. Lawrence Historical Society. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. 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". lawrencevillemainstreet.com/index.htm. Lawrenceville Main Street, Inc. Archived from the original on 2015-01-19. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- "School History". lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
- "The Fathers Building Then and Now". lawrenceville.org/index.aspx. Lawrenceville School. October 11, 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-01-24. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
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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