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Mansion House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	Cadwalader Park, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°14′12″N 74°47′22″W / 40.23667°N 74.78944°W / 40.23667; -74.78944
Area	100 acres (40 ha)
Built	1848
Architect	John Notman
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	73001112
NJRHP No.	1779
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 6, 1973
Designated NJRHP	May 12, 1972

The Mansion House (also referred to as Ellarslie and the McCall House) is a historic residence located in Cadwalader Park in the city of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built as a summer residence for Henry McCall Sr. of Philadelphia in 1848, and is one of the earliest examples of Italianate architecture in the United States. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 6, 1973, for its significance in architecture and landscape architecture.

History and description

The house was designed by architect John Notman as an Italianate villa. It was sold to the park commission of the city of Trenton in 1888. Since 1978 the building has been home to the Trenton City Museum, which features collections of decorative and fine arts.

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#73001112)". 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. September 11, 2023. p. 15. listed as the Mansion House (Ellarslie, McCall House)
3. ^ "Trenton City Museum". Retrieved December 26, 2013.
4. ^ Greiff, Constance M. (June 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Mansion House". National Park Service. With accompanying photo

External links

• Media related to Mansion House (Trenton, New Jersey) at Wikimedia Commons
• Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie

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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 Drake Farmstead/Brookdale Farm 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

• Houses in Trenton, New Jersey
• Houses completed in 1848
• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Italianate architecture in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Trenton, New Jersey
• Museums in Trenton, New Jersey
• History museums in New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places