Photo Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
A_6_009 |
Title |
[Dining Room at Thomson Hall] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Dining room at Thomson Hall, also known as Belgrade, 50 Stockton Street. The house was built in 1825 by Charles Steadman. Thomson Hall was commissioned by Richard "The Duke" Stockton, son of the signer of the Declaration of Independence, for his daughter Annis Stockton and her new husband John Renshaw Thomson. John Renshaw Thomson was a U.S. Senator and Secretary of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company. After Annis Stockton's death, Thomson remarried. His widow, Josephine Thomson Swann, continued to live in Thomson Hall after Thomson's death. In 1906, she left the estate to the town of Princeton. From 1906 through 1936, Thomson Hall was used as a community center, while the stables of the estate housed Borough Hall. From 1936 through 1967, the municipal offices occupied Thomson Hall. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Subjects |
Buildings Interiors Dining tables Portrait paintings Paintings Couches Chairs Dishes Lighting Light fixtures Wallpaper Furniture |
People |
Steadman, Charles Swann, Josephine A. T. (Josephine Antoinette), -1906. Thomson, Annis Stockton Thomson, John R. (John Renshaw), 1800-1862. |
Search Terms |
Thomson Hall Belgrade Stockton Street |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: 4 x 5 #16 R25 Thomson Hall (Borough Hall) 50 Stockton St (#25 [crossed out]) (A-6 [crossed out]) * Thomson Hall/Belgrade (A-4 [crossed out]) - Interior (C-12 [crossed out]) - Stockton St (A-1 [crossed out]) - Borough Hall A-6 Interior |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local photography studios Kopp and Silvester. A_9_t_020 is another print of the same image. |