The Alexander Douglass House

Originally built circa 1760 on what is now South Broad Street as a one room, two story "shanty," the Alexander Douglass House was purchased by Alexander Douglass in 1769, and there George Washington called a Council of War during the Revolutionary War Battles of Trenton in December of 1776. The two story front structure was added by Douglass ca 1800. The house remained in the Douglass family until 1852. In 1876 it endured its first move to Centre Street, where it remained until 1924, when the City of Trenton acquired ownership and moved it to Mahlon Stacy Park. In 1972 it was moved to its current location in Mill Hill Park. The Alexander Douglass House is owned by the City of Trenton and operated by the Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture. Its current restoration is funded by the City of Trenton, the New Jersey Historic Trust, and the National Park Service.

Trenton, New Jersey · United States