Pope & Lee’s Pottery

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In operation    1888-1892

Wares

Other

Notes

“J. Bentley Pope and James G. Lee who have been connected with the Union Pottery, last week bought out the old Eureka Pottery at Prince and Meade streets, East Trenton, and they intend to remodel the building and establish in it a decorating shop on a large scale. Thomas Whitehead was the former owner of the Eureka.”

— “To Start a Decorating Shop.” Trenton Evening Times, Sunday, December 16, 1888.

 

Selected References

“To Start a Decorating Shop.” Trenton Evening Times, Sunday, December 16, 1888.

Fitzgerald, Thomas F. 1892.  Fitzgerald’s Trenton and Mercer County Directory, Together with a Directory of Bordentown, Burlington, Mount Holly and Lambertville, NJ and Morrisville, PA, Included a Fund of Information Concerning Public and Private Institutions, National, State, County, City and Borough Governments, Gathered from Reliable and Official Sources.  Thomas F. Fitzgerald, Trenton, New Jersey.

Other firms at this site:

Other Names

Pope & Lee

Block and Lot:
196D/58

Historic Street Address:
Mead Street; Mead Street and Prince Street; 30 Prince Street; 48 Prince Street; 50-72 Prince Street

Municipality:
City of Trenton

Map Gallery

Pope & Lee's, 1890 Scarlett & Scarlett
Pope & Lee's, 1890 Scarlett & Scarlett Map
Pope & Lee's, 1890 Sanborn Map
Map References

Sanborn‑Perris Map Company.  1890.   Insurance Maps of the City of Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Sanborn‑Perris Map Company, New York, New York.  (Plate 21: shown as “Pope and Lees”)

Scarlett & Scarlett.  1890.   Scarlett & Scarlett’s Fire Insurance Map of Mercer County.  Scarlett & Scarlett, Newark, New Jersey.  (Plates 61 and 77B: shown as “Pope & Lee’s Pottery”)