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Bellevue Avenue Colored School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	81 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°13′32″N 74°46′17″W / 40.22556°N 74.77139°W / 40.22556; -74.77139
Built	1883
Built by	Alfred P. Herron
Architect	William B. Thines
Architectural style	Italianate
NRHP reference No.	96001547
NJRHP No.	3266
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 2, 1997
Designated NJRHP	April 26, 1996

The Bellevue Avenue Colored School is located at 81 Bellevue Avenue in the city of Trenton in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1883 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 2, 1997, for its significance in education and Black history. It is now used as a Masonic lodge by King David Lodge No. 15 Free & Accepted Masons.

The two-story brick Italianate building was designed by Trenton architect William B. Thines and constructed by Alfred P. Herron. It was built as a "new school building for the use of the colored children of Trenton". It has also been known as the Lincoln School, Old Lincoln School, Public School No. 14, and King David Lodge No. 15 F & AM.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
• List of Masonic buildings in the United States

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System – (#96001547)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. June 28, 2024. p. 13.
3. ^ Hunter, Meisha (February 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bellevue Avenue Colored School". National Park Service. With accompanying five photos from 1996

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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
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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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