20 Bellevue Ave., Trenton, New Jersey. County/parish: Mercer.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1995. NRIS 95000409.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Higbee Street School is a historic educational building situated in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, which was built in 1857 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1995.
The School is a double-story brick structure in the Greek Revival style. It was the first facility in Trenton constructed specifically for the free public education of African American children. t was designed by the architectural firm Evernham and Hill. The building's design was influenced by the 19th-century design concepts of education reformers. It is one of the first establishments to utilize these designs.
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