The Inscription States:

                                                    Here in the house of
                                                    Alexander Douglass
                                                          Washington
                                                    called a council of war
                                                        on the evening of
                                                          January 2, 1777
                                                             when the
                                                    flank movement to
                                                             Princeton
                                                    was decided upon

Alexander Douglass served as Quarter Master to the Continental Army. When Washington's troops fought the British on January 2, 1777, Douglass's small home served as the General's headquarters. That night he faced a most difficult decision -- how best to survive the following day? Come the dawn, the Americans would find themselves trapped. They were outnumbered by British troops on the opposite bank of the Assunpink Creek and to their backs was the Delaware River and no boats.  His use of a deserted road to slip out of town in the dead of night earned him the nickname, The Sly Fox, by British General Lord Cornwallis.

The Douglass House was moved within town four times and is now found just outside of Mill Hill Park. Owned by the City of Trenton, the Douglass House is currently open for special events only.