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, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Museum, 15 Market Street, Trenton. 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, all are invited to celebrate the 86th anniversary of the museum’s opening with ice cream, music, and children’s games and crafts. Tours of the historic house and of exhibits in the visitor center will also be offered. For more information, visit 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 trenthouse.org.