Old Barracks Built for French and Indian War

The Old Barracks in Trenton were constructed in 1758 to house British soldiers during the French and Indian War, after New Jersey colonists protested the Quartering Act's requirement to house troops in private homes. The stone barracks could accommodate roughly 300 soldiers.

During the Revolution, the barracks housed Hessian troops of Rall's garrison and were central to the Battle of Trenton. The building survived the war and subsequent centuries, making it one of the few surviving colonial military barracks in the United States. Today it operates as a museum that interprets both its French and Indian War origins and its Revolutionary War significance.