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Thomson Hall, also known as Belgrade, 50 Stockton Street. Thomson Hall was built for US Senator John Renshaw Thomson and his wife, Annis Stockton, in 1826. The land was given by her father, Richard “The Duke” Stockton. It sat directly across from Morven on Stockton Street. Charles Steadman, a prolific 19th century Princeton architect and builder, designed the federal style building. After Annis Stockton's death, Thomson remarried. Thomson’s second wife, Josephine Antoinette Ward, added the mansard roof and other Victorian features. Upon her death in 1906, Josephine left Thomson Hall to the people of Princeton. It was used as a community center from 1906 to 1936, while the stables housed Borough Hall. Then, from 1936 through 1967, the municipal offices occupied Thomson Hall itself. The Princeton Theological Seminary acquired the property in the 1960s and demolished it in August 1973 due to its deteriorated state |
![[Dining Room at Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/007/thumbs/a_6_009.jpg)
![[Two people on the front porch of Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_001.jpg)
![[Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_002.jpg)
![[Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_003.jpg)
![[1909 additions, Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_004.jpg)
![[Two photographs of Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_005.jpg)
![[Gardens in front of Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_006.jpg)
![[Rear view of Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_007.jpg)
![[Thomson Hall, c. 1930s]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_008.jpg)
![[Gardens behind Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_009.jpg)
![[Gardens behind Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_010.jpg)
![[Front porch of Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_011.jpg)
![[Gardens at Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_012.jpg)
![[Porch, Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_013.jpg)
![[Gardens, Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_014.jpg)
![[Entrance hall, Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_015.jpg)
![[Interior, Thomson Hall]](https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_432/009/thumbs/a_9_t_016.jpg)