Photo Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_c_002 |
Title |
[The Barracks, c. 1904] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
before 1904 |
Year Range from |
1900 |
Year Range to |
1904 |
Description |
The Barracks, 32 Edgehill Street, one of the oldest houses in Princeton. Built near the end of the 17th century. The earliest owners of the land included Daniel Brinson, whose deed is dated from 1685, and Richard Stockton, who purchased the land in 1696. Alexander Hamilton occupied this house, then owned by Thomas Laurens, when the Continental Congress met in Princeton in 1783. This photograph shows the house while William M. Paxton owned it in the early 20th century, before an addition and garden wall were added by J. Duncan Spaeth. Paxton was a professor and President of the Princeton Theological Seminary; trustee of Princeton University; Spaeth was a preceptor and professor of English at Princeton University. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of a Hessian soldier. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Print size |
6 1/2" x 8" |
Subjects |
Buildings Houses Residences Homes Barracks Stone buildings Trees Trellises Streets Children Fences |
People |
Paxton, William M. (William Miller), 1824-1904 Spaeth, John Duncan Ernst, 1868-1954 Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 Brinson, Daniel Stockton, Richard |
Search Terms |
The Barracks Stockton Family Edgehill Street |
Notes |
On front of card, LL corner: Number: 306 Size 8x10 Category: (A-6, C-1) [crossed out] A9-c On front of card, LR corner: Description: Barracks, 32 Edgehill St. One of th eoldest in Princeton - probably built near the end of the 17th century - This photo dates from 1905 when W.M. Paxton was owner. This is before the extension addition by J. Duncan Spaeth. On back of card: A-9C Buildings Resident - the Barracks GPN # 306 8x10 The Barracks, one of the oldest building [sic] in Princeton, built near the end of the 17th century, before the extention [sic] |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local photography studios Kopp and Silvester. Note that A_9_c_001 is a print of the same image, but does not show the break in the glass plate negative visible here. |