Higbee Street School

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Higbee Street School

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| image = 20 Bellevue Trenton.JPG

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| location = 20 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey

| coordinates = {{coord|40.2255|-74.7685|region:US-PA_type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA New Jersey Mercer County#New Jersey#USA

| map_caption = Location in Mercer County, New Jersey

| built = 1857

| architect = Evernham and Hill

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = April 14, 1995

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 95000409{{NRISref|version=2009a}}

| designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP

| designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places

| designated_other1_date = March 3, 1995

| designated_other1_number = 2799{{cite web|title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County |url=http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/mercer.pdf |publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office |page=9 |date=March 1, 2011 |access-date=March 28, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203043600/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/mercer.pdf |archive-date=December 3, 2010 }}

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Higbee Street School is located in Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1857 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1995.

The Higbee Street School is a brick Greek Revival building constructed in 1857. This building was the first school built specifically for the free public education of African American children in the City of Trenton. The building itself marked a departure from previous schools, following the design concepts of 19th-century education reformers. It is probably one of the first African American schools to embody those innovations.

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