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​​Welcome to the Trent House

Wishing you good health during this difficult time!

The Trent House Museum is closed for the time being to protect our staff and visitors. We will announce when we open again by email, on our website, and on Facebook. Stay connected with us by signing up for emails. 
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William Trent, with his family and eleven enslaved individuals of African descent, lived on this 1,000-plus acre plantation at the Falls of the Delaware in the colony of West Jersey, which is now the city of Trenton, New Jersey. The land on which the Trent House and the city of Trenton stands is part of the traditional territory of the Lenni-Lenape, called "Lenapehoking." We acknowledge the Lenni-Lenape as the original people of this land and their continuing relationship with their territory.

Born in Scotland, William Trent immigrated to the United States in the early 1690's and embarked upon a successful career as a Philadelphia merchant. He traded mainly with Great Britain and with the other American colonies and participated in the slave trade, buying and selling enslaved people in the West Indies and in the North American colonies.

In 1714, Trent purchased a large tract of land in central New Jersey from the initial English colonist, Mahlon Stacy, and built a grand country residence in 1719. In 1720 Trent laid out a settlement surrounding his residence and in 1721 Trent, his family, and the enslaved members of his household moved to the home from Philadelphia. Trent continued his active civic life in New Jersey, serving in the Assembly and as the Chief Justice. The city of Trenton takes its name from “Trent’s Town,” the area around Trent’s home.

The house itself is a large, imposing brick structure, built in the newest fashion of the time, with an “allee” of English cherry trees leading from the entrance down to the ferry landing on the river. Nearby, there were numerous outbuildings as well as grist, saw, and fulling mills along the Assunpink Creek.
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Trent House Association Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the Trent House Association, which manages and operates the Trent House Museum in collaboration with the City of Trenton. Individuals who sit on the board are responsible for overseeing the organization's activities. Board members meet once a month to discuss and vote on the affairs of the organization.
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1719 William Trent House Museum
William Trent House Museum
15 Market Street
Trenton, NJ 08611
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Museum (609) 989-3027
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Hours of Operation
Wednesdays – Sundays
12:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Closed Municipal Holidays

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Adults: $5.00
Children and Seniors: $4.00
Members: FREE

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Culture & Heritage Commission, Glenna Stone, Orion, StoneTech, Canty Masonry Corporation, Fraytak Veisz Hopkins Duthie PC, New Jersey Cultural Trust, New Jersey Council for the Humanities, NJM Insurance Group, New Pod City, The 1772 Foundation,  Mills Schnoering Architects, New Jersey Historical Commission, New Jersey Historic Trust
Funding support for Trent House operations is provided in part by the Trent House Association’s members and donors; by grants from the 1772 Foundation, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the New Jersey Historic Trust, and the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission through funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission and the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders;
​and its corporate sponsors StoneTech Fabrication, Orion Builders/Remodelers, Glenna Stone Interior Design, FVHD Architects Planners and New Pod City.
The House is a National Historic Landmark and is listed in both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. ​

The 1719 William Trent House Museum ​is owned and maintained by the City of Trenton, Trenton, NJ,
and is operated and managed by the Trent House Association, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. 
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  • About
    • The Museum: Mission and Vision
    • The Association
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  • Discover!
    • House
    • Residents
    • Inventory
    • Grounds and Gardens
    • Archaeological Investigations
    • Interpreting Slavery
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  • Support
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    • Leave a Legacy
    • Preserve Our Painting
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