15. Mercer by Architecture

page from "M is for Mercer" historic sites coloring book by Martha H Runyon of Mercer County's Division of Culture & Heritage
The book is available for free from the C&H office and is also downloadable

 

       Online registration is now available for the upcoming Mercer by Architecture daylong event which will take place on August 9, 2013 at the Clark Music building on the historic Lawrenceville School campus. The symposium will explore some of this area's rich history through a few of the architects, builders, houses and sites that make Mercer County the fascinating place it is today. The day kicks off with a keynote presentation by W. Barksdale Maynard who'll discuss Princeton: America's Campus, based on his book of the same name. The morning and afternoon panels will look at the historic homes and public buildings of the county, from the 1700s to today. Among the many additional luminaries presenting this day are architects Michael Graves, Bob Hillier and Michael Mills; art/architectural historians Philip Hayden and Kate Ogden; and conservation historian Janet Foster. Professor Meredith Arms Bzdak will moderate.

       The event is cosponsored by The County of Mercer and Preservation NJ as part of the County's 175th Anniversary celebration. It's open to the public. For a full size version of the agenda listed below, click HERE.

       Coinciding with this event will be Mercer County's Historic Sites Open House Weekend. Some of the County's oldest and most important buildings will be open to the public Saturday and Sunday, August 10 & 11. Watch this blog for an online and downloadable program for the weekend.

The historic First Presbyterian Church in Trenton, organized in 1712, current church built 1840, will be one of the amazing buildings
to visit during the August 10 & 11 Mercer Historic Sites Open House Weekend. 

9. Making & Exploring History in Trenton

                 This coming weekend is a big one in Trenton: Art All Night, the 24 hour long extravaganza of arts in all forms, is making its own history, celebrating its 7th year of offering art-for-everyone this Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16. The day, a labor of love for ARTWORKS and a small army of passionate volunteers, takes place in the historic Roebling Wire Works factory building (above) and the adjacent Mill Yard Park.

                 Visitors to Trenton on Saturday, June 15, can make it a full day. The Cadwalader Heights Historic House and Garden Tour goes from noon until 5, and showcases some of the most beautiful and historic homes in that section of the city. This year 11 historic houses and several gardens will be featured in the tour (along with art displays and delicious deserts!) Among the houses open to the public will be 9 Belmont Circle (above) - the first home built in the Cadwalader Heights neighborhood by Frank Forrest Frederick, the director of New Jersey's School of Industrial Arts.