William Trent House

The William Trent House is a historic building located at 15 Market Street in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey.

[5] The William Trent House stands just south of downtown Trenton, on a landscaped parcel about 2 acres in size which is ringed in part by brick walls and stone and iron fencing.

The house is a 2-1/2 story brick building, with a five-bay front facade and a hip roof crowned by a central cupola.

[5] The William Trent House is located at what was known in early colonial times as the Falls of the Delaware and prior to English colonization had been the site of Lenni Lenape settlements for thousands of years.

After his death, Stacy’s son sold 800 acres to William Trent, a wealthy shipping merchant based in Philadelphia, in 1714.