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Isaac Watson House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
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Location	151 Wescott Avenue Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°11′26″N 74°43′38″W / 40.19056°N 74.72722°W / 40.19056; -74.72722
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1708 (1708)
Restored	1964
NRHP reference No.	74001173
NJRHP No.	1672
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 21, 1974
Designated NJRHP	January 14, 1972

The Isaac Watson House is the headquarters of the New Jersey State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). It is located just outside the state capital of Trenton in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey. It is situated on a bluff overlooking Watson's Creek and the Abbott Farm National Historic Landmark in John A. Roebling Park, a 257-acre nature preserve.

Built by Isaac Watson in 1708, the stone house is recognized as the oldest house in Mercer County. Originally 800 acres, the grounds at one time ran from the bluff to the Delaware River.

The building was restored by the DAR as part of the New Jersey Tercentenary Celebration in 1964 and listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1972 and the National Register of Historic Places on January 21, 1974.

Gallery

• Entrance sign by Roebling Park

See also

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

References

1. "National Register Information System – (#74001173)". 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. December 28, 2020. p. 4.
3. ^ Greiff, Constance; Blake, Channing (September 8, 1971). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Isaac Watson House". National Park Service. With accompanying 5 photos
4. "Mercer County, NJ | John A. Roebling Park". Archived from the original on March 26, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
5. "Hamilton Township, New Jersey - Hamilton's History". Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
6. "NJDAR State Headquarters - Watson House". Njdar.org. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

External links

• Media related to Isaac Watson House at Wikimedia Commons
• NJDAR State Headquarters — Isaac Watson House
• "Isaac Watson House". Historical Marker Database.
• "Watson House". Historical Marker Database.

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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 Old School Baptist Church and Cemetery of Hopewell 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

• Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Houses in Mercer County, New Jersey
• Houses completed in 1708
• Historic house museums in New Jersey
• Daughters of the American Revolution museums
• Museums in Mercer County, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, New Jersey
• Stone houses in New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• 1708 establishments in New Jersey