History
After the New Jersey Legislature was relocated to Trenton from Perth Amboy in 1790, a new state house was constructed in 1792 by Philadelphia-based architect Jonathan Doane. Subsequent additions were made to the building during the 19th century (including 65 ft, and 95 ft a few years later. Architects who contributed to the New Jersey State House during the 19th century include John Notman (1845 created office wing on North side) who was a Philadelphia architect and Samuel Sloan (1871 designed new wings) who was also a Philadelphia architect. On March 21, 1885, a large fire caused the destruction of the State Street wing. Lewis Broome, from Jersey City helped to redesign the building.
Merchantville architect Arnold Moses reconstructed the Senate wing in the American Renaissance style.
The New Jersey State House attained its present size in 1911 and has not been changed significantly other than by modernization of the main corridor in 1950. Some of the old sections were left, but not all. A 1960 plan, calling for the replacement of the oldest sections of the State House with modern legislative chambers, was never implemented.
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