1910
The Trenton Young Men’s Hebrew Association established.
The Trenton YMHA purchases building on South Stockton Street, which became known as the Jewish Community Home (later the Jewish Community Center).
1917
1924
Louis I. Kahn graduates University of Pennsylvania, begins working in Philadelphia.
Kahn begins work on NJ Homesteads (Roosevelt, NJ) project with architect Alfred Kastner.
1936-37
1950
A fellowship to American Academy in Rome, with trips to ancient ruins in Greece, inspires Kahn to begin developing his mature design ideas.
JCC begins work with Trenton architect Louis S. Kaplan on a new community center.
1952
1954
A site for the new center is purchased in Ewing Township, a suburb of Trenton. Louis I. Kahn is hired as architect for the project. Louis Kaplan is named “associate architect.”
Opening day of the Trenton Bath House, July 31, 1955.
1955
1957
Day Camp Pavilions are completed. Kahn’s final concept for the site is never realized.
Kahn begins six-year construction on Jonas Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA.
1959
1962
The Community Center building for the JCC complex, designed by the architecture firm of Kelly and Gruzen, is dedicated.
Kahn’s final project, the Capital Complex in Dhaka, Bangladesh, is completed.
1974
1984
The Bath House and Day Camp Pavilions are listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places.
Preservation New Jersey and the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects both place the Trenton Bath House on their lists of endangered buildings.
1997
2001
The JCC receives a grant from the New Jersey Historic Trust to commission a preservation plan for the Bath House and Day Camp Pavilions.
My Architect: A Son's Journey, which receives an Academy Award nomination for best documentary feature, premieres, raising the Bath House’s public profile.
2004
2005
The JCC announces plans to move from Ewing to West Windsor.
Using public open space funds, Mercer County acquires the JCC site, places historic preservation and conservation easements on it, and transfers ownership to Ewing Township.
2007
2009
Ewing Township receives a matching grant, in the amount of $750,000, from the New Jersey Historic Trust for restoration of the Bath House and Day Camp Pavilions. Ewing Township and Mercer County will work in partnership to restore these structures.