The Trent House Association will hold its annual ice cream social to celebrate the day the Trent House Museum was opened in 1939. This free event will take place rain or shine on Sunday, June 1, 2025, from 1 to 4 pm at the Museum, 15 Market Street, Trenton, New Jersey. Free parking is available behind the property off William Trent Place.

On June 1, 1939, the restored Trent House was opened to the public as a museum. The house, then known as Woodlawn, had been given to the City of Trenton in 1929 by the last private owner, Edward A. Stokes. The gift required that the house be restored to its original colonial condition with its elaborate and extensive Gilded Age additions removed. This work was impossible for the City to undertake as the Great Depression was just beginning, so it was not until 1934 that restoration began under the auspices of the Workers Progress Administration.

On June 1, 2025, all are invited to celebrate the 86^th anniversary of the Museum’s opening with ice cream, music, and children’s games and crafts between 1 and 4 pm. Tours of the historic house and of exhibits in the visitor center will also be offered.

The William Trent House Museum is a National Historic Landmark in the Crossroads of the American Revolution National Heritage Area and on the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail and on the New Jersey Black Heritage Trail. The Museum is dedicated to sharing the authentic history of the house, property, and people with our communities, connecting the past with today and tomorrow. Owned by the City of Trenton, it is operated by the Trent House Association, which is supported by the generosity of its donors; by grants from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the New Jersey Cultural Trust, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission with funding from the New Jersey Historical Commission, and the Bunbury Fund and the New Jersey Arts & Culture Renewal Fund of the Princeton Area Community Foundation; and by contributions from NJM Insurance Group and Orion General Contractors. For more information, visit www.williamtrenthouse.org.

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