The last known Trenton trolley car is in the process of finding a new home. The car was found last month inside a Hamilton New Jersey house, slated for renovations. After the trolley was found by business partners Marc Manfredi and Brandon Breza, they knew they wanted to try and preserve this piece of history.

"We knew we had something great here," Breza said. "We knew we had a valuable artifact of history."

Manfredi and Breza reached out to various historical groups and train enthusiasts trying to find someone to preserve the train. They eventually got in contact with William McKelvey of the Liberty Historic Railway.

According to McKelvey, the trolley car was built in 1914 by the J.P. Brill Trolley Company of Philadelphia and was used as part of the Trenton trolley system until 1934 when it discontinued its service.

During its heyday the trolley would have traveled all around Mercer County from Trenton to neighboring suburbs such as Hamilton and all the way up to Princeton, and would have seated about 50 passengers, McKelvey said.

It is believed that the same year the trolley service stopped, the car was brought to its current spot in Hamilton where a man named John Guthrie used the trolley car to make a house for his son William, who had fallen on hard times.

William made the first additions to the home, creating a room at the back of the trolley car in order to expand his living space.

Over the years the house passed through multiple owners who continued to add rooms to the front and back of the trolley car. The second owner, Evelyn Brice, raised her three children within the 500 square feet and outfitted the home with running water and gas heaters.

By the time Manfredi and Breza purchased the home in a foreclosure sale, the foundation of the home was no longer up to code, so they decided to demolish the house but save the trolley car.

Once the exterior of the house is removed the trolley car will be lifted by a crane onto a flatbed truck and will spend about a year in Iowa being restored until the trolley car can be brought back to New Jersey as part of a museum display.

Olivia Rizzo may be reached at orizzo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter @LivRizz. Find NJ.com on Facebook.

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