Saturday, October 19 – Mercer County
Princeton Preservation Group Presents
History and Preservation of the William Trent House
1719 William Trent House, 15 Market Street, Trenton, NJ
2:00 p.m. Speaker: Kevin Joy, Historic Preservationist
The 1719 home of Trenton’s namesake, William Trent, is the topic of this program. The William Trent House, now a museum, is significant historically and architecturally. In the course of its 300-year existence, it has seen many structural changes, in spite of which it remains remarkably intact. In this lecture, Kevin Joy will present a brief history of the house, an overview of its architecture, and examine in detail structural changes over the years. He will also discuss recent rehabilitations and the conservation and preservation challenges faced in maintaining an antique house museum. An optional tour of the house will be conducted after the program.
Kevin Joy is a retired NYC Music Business Executive and longtime resident of Bucks County. He is past President of the Trent House Association in Trenton, New Jersey, and is an Historic Preservation consultant and Architectural Historian with projects in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
