Higbee Street School

United States historic place

Higbee Street School

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Location in Mercer County, New Jersey

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Higbee Street School (New Jersey)

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Location| 20 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°13′32″N 74°46′07″W﻿ / ﻿40.2255°N 74.7685°W﻿ / 40.2255; -74.7685
Area| 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built| 1857
Architect| Evernham and Hill
Architectural style| Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.| 95000409[1]
NJRHP No.| 2799[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| April 14, 1995
Designated NJRHP| March 3, 1995

Higbee Street School is located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1857 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1995.

The Higbee Street School is a brick Greek Revival building constructed in 1857. This building was the first school built specifically for the free public education of African American children in the City of Trenton. The building itself marked a departure from previous schools, following the design concepts of 19th-century education reformers. It is probably one of the first African American schools to embody those innovations.

## See also[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection \- Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 9\. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2011.

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National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey

Landmarks|

* Abbott Farm Archeological Site
* Westland Mansion
* Albert Einstein House
* Joseph Henry House
* Lawrenceville School
* Maybury Hill
* Morven
* Nassau Hall
* Old Barracks
* Maclean House
* Princeton Battlefield
* Prospect House
* William Trent House
* Washington Crossing State Park

Districts|

* Bear Tavern Road--Jacob's Creek Crossing Rural Historic District
* Berkeley Square Historic District
* Delaware and Raritan Canal
* Harbourton Historic District
* Jugtown Historic District
* King's Highway Historic District
* Kingston Mill Historic District
* Lake Carnegie Historic District
* Lawrence Township Historic District
* Mill Hill Historic District
* Mountain Avenue Historic District
* Pleasant Valley Historic District
* Princeton Historic District
* Riverview Cemetery
* State House Historic District
* Stockton Street Historic District
* Titusville Historic District
* Trenton Ferry Historic District
* Windsor Historic District

Places of
worship|

* First Presbyterian Church of Trenton
* First Presbyterian Church of Pennington
* Penns Neck Baptist Church
* Sacred Heart Church
* St. Michael's Church
* Trenton Friends Meeting House

Houses|

* John Abbott II House
* Abbott-Decou House
* Anderson-Capner House
* Baker-Brearley House
* Bow Hill
* Charles Brearley House
* Gen. Philemon Dickinson House
* Douglass House
* Drumthwacket
* William Green House
* Green-Reading House
* John D. Hart House
* Hart-Hoch House
* Donald Grant Herring Estate
* Highfields
* House at 379 West State Street
* Hunt Farmstead
* Rudolph V. Kuser Estate
* Ichabod Leigh House
* Mansion House
* Mercer Street Friends Center
* Old Ryan Farm
* Isaac Pearson House
* Joseph Phillips Farm
* John Rogers House
* Samuel Sloan House
* Smith-Ribsam House
* Israel Stevens House
* Joseph Stout House
* Tusculum
* University Cottage Club
* Colonel John Van Cleve Homestead
* Jeremiah Vandyke House
* Isaac Watson House
* John Welling House
* John White House
* Jeremiah Woolsey House

Commercial
buildings|

* Adams and Sickles Building
* American Cigar Company
* Broad Street National Bank
* Henry Clay and Bock & Co. Ltd. Cigar Factory
* Golden Swan-True American
* Hopewell Station
* In and Out Social Club
* Thomas Maddock's Sons Company
* New Jersey Division of Motor Vehicles Building
* Old Eagle Tavern
* Pennington Railroad Station
* Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Freight Station
* Princeton Railroad Station
* Roebling Machine Shop
* John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton N.J., Block 3
* Somerset Roller Mills
* Stokely-Van Camp Industrial Complex
* Trenton Bath House
* West Trenton Station

Public
buildings|

* Bellevue Avenue Colored School
* Carver Center
* East Trenton Public Library
* Higbee Street School
* Mott School and Second Street School
* Trenton War Memorial
* Trenton City Hall
* U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
* Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children

Sites|

* Archeological Site No. 1-18th Century Vessel (28ME196)
* Crosswicks Creek Site III
* Mount Rose Distillery
* Princeton Ice Company
* Washington Road Elm Allée

Structures|

* Hog Island Cranes
* Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge
* Trenton Battle Monument
* Trenton City/Calhoun Street Bridge

Former|

* Princessville Inn

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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