Firefighters Battle 3-Alarm Blaze At Senior Center In Mercer County

MERCER COUNTY, NJ — Firefighters from Ewing and neighboring townships battled a 3-alarm blaze Friday morning at the Senior Center in Ewing Township.

No injuries were reported.

The fire began shortly after 3 a.m. Friday morning at Ewing Senior and Community Center, located at 999 Lower Ferry Road.

“Emergency personnel are currently operating at a large fire at the Ewing Community Center. As a result, the roadways in the area are closed,” Ewing police posted on the Facebook page.

“Please plan alternate routes to your destination as we work to get control of the situation.”

West Trenton Fore Chief Michael Anderson told 6ABC that firefighters had trouble with water supply as they battled the blaze, and that part of the roof had collapsed, with the rear of the building heavily damaged.

Firefighters worked for 5 hours to bring the blaze under control.

The Ewing Senior Center is known for “the signature architecture of Louis I. Kahn, one of America’s most influential architects of the twentieth century,” according to the township website.

Most of the property was purchased by Mercer County with funds from its Open Space Preservation Trust in 2007 and ownership was transferred to Ewing Township.

The property features the Trenton Bath House and Day Camp Pavilions which “were listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.”

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