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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_B_016 |
Title |
[Bainbridge House] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Bainbridge House, exterior. Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, currently houses the Historical Society of Princeton. In the past it has been used as a private residence, accommodations for the Continental Congress in 1783, a doctor’s office, a boarding house, and a public library. Job Stockton, grandson of Richard Stockton (an early English settler in the area) and cousin of Richard Stockton (signer of the Declaration of Independence), built Bainbridge House in 1766. Bainbridge House is named after William Bainbridge, born in the house on May 7, 1774, son of Absalom Bainbridge, to whom the house was leased earlier that year. William Bainbridge was a future Commodore in the U.S. Navy and commanded the U.S.S. Constitution (”Old Ironsides”). He emerged as a hero of the War of 1812. |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Subjects |
Residential Trees Houses Homes Windows Sidewalks Streets Fences Libraries Boarding houses |
Search Terms |
Nassau Street Vandeventer Avenue Bainbridge House |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: "House which is now Public Library Corner of Nassau and VanDeventer Bainbridge House File A.9.b-016" |