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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_b_001 |
Title |
[Bainbridge House interior] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Bainbridge House interior, director's office. 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 |
5" x 7" |
Subjects |
Buildings Houses Libraries Historical societies Fish Lamps Lighting Chairs Desks Beds Rugs Hangings (Textiles) Figurines Books Baskets Photographs Musical instruments Boarding houses |
People |
Stockton, Job, -1771 Stockton, Richard Bainbridge, Absalom Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 |
Search Terms |
Nassau Street Bainbridge House Stockton Family |
Notes |
On front of card, LL corner: Number: 1578 Size: 5x7 Category: (A6, C-10, A4, A.6) [all crossed out] A9_b On front of card, LR corner: Description: Bainbridge House interior (director's office). In pencil on back of card: A9-B-Buildings Resident - Bainbridge St. [sic] GPN #1578 5x7 Bainbridge House, Interior (Director's Office) |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local photography studios Kopp and Silvester. |