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First floor interior, tilework wainscot. - 14 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), True American Building, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
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First floor interior, tilework wainscot. - 14 North Warren Street (Commercial Building), True American Building, Trenton, Mercer County, NJ
Depicted place New Jersey; Mercer County; Trenton
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS NJ,11-TRET,31-6
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  • Significance: The True American, a Trenton newspaper founded in 1801, was published in this building from 1893 until it went out of business in 1913. This is the only remaining building associated with the long-lived paper, and the name has been popularly connected to this structure throughout the 20 century. Following the demise of the newspaper, the building was used by the Trent Press, publishers of Trenton's City Directories for many years, and for a time, the New Jersey legislative manuals.

During the ownership of the True American, an elaborate galvanized metal facade was added to the building, updating the existing brick structure to Classical Revival taste. This is the largest and finest architectural metal facade applied to a building in Trenton, a technique which was generally limited to first floor storefronts or cornice embellishment at the turn of the century.

  • Survey number: HABS NJ-958
  • Building/structure dates: 1830 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1892 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: after 1920 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1987 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nj1200.photos.107805p
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Object location40° 13′ 00.98″ N, 74° 44′ 35.99″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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