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The Princeton Historic District is a 370-acre (150 ha) historic district located in Princeton, New Jersey that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975. It stretches from Marquand Park in the west to the Eating Clubs in the East, from the Princeton Cemetery in the north to the Graduate College in the south.
A battlefield map for the Battle of Princeton, 1777 Nassau Hall, which briefly served as the U.S. capitol in 1783 [20] Princeton University's campus, December 2016 Nassau Street at night, 2016 Princeton University's campus was used as one of the sets for the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
Morven, known officially as Morven Museum & Garden, is an historic 18th-century house at 55 Stockton Street in Princeton, New Jersey.It served as the governor's mansion for nearly four decades in the 20th century, and has been designated a National Historic Landmark for its association with Richard Stockton (1730-1781), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence.
The Joseph Henry House is a historic building located on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Joseph Henry, a prominent American physicist who worked in electromagnetics, designed the house in 1836 and lived there from its completion in 1838 until taking a position as the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1848.
Princeton Borough first established a local Jugtown Historic District in 1986. [23] The proposal submitted to the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places consists of 23 houses representing the core of pre-1900 Jugtown, which initially disappointed the community due to its smaller size.
The Faculty Room in 1886, when it served as home to the art and natural history collections Nassau Hall entrance. The New Jersey Legislature met for the first time in Nassau Hall on August 27, 1776. British forces occupied Nassau Hall in 1776, and the Continental Army attacked the building during the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 ...
Baker's Alley looking south toward Nassau Street c. 1925, a historic African-American neighborhood displaced by Palmer Square. Originally built from 1936 to 1939 by Edgar Palmer, heir to the New Jersey Zinc fortune, the Square was created by architect Thomas Stapleton in the Colonial Revival style as the town's complement to Princeton University, which sits directly across Nassau Street from ...
Prospect House, known also as just Prospect, is a historic house on the Princeton University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.Built in 1851, it is a fine example of the work of architect John Notman who helped popularize Italianate architecture in America. [3]