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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_b_010 |
Title |
[Bainbridge House, c. 1970, after renovations] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
c.1970 |
Year Range from |
1970 |
Year Range to |
1970 |
Description |
Bainbridge House, c. 1970, after renovations. In 1969, the Historical Society of Princeton restored the exterior of Bainbridge House to its original 18th-century appearance. 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 |
Buildings Houses Libraries Historical societies Boarding houses Streets Trees People Flags |
People |
Stockton, Job, -1771 Stockton, Richard Bainbridge, Absalom Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 |
Search Terms |
Nassau Street Bainbridge House Stockton Family |
Notes |
On back of photo: (A-6* C-10) [crossed out] A_9_b Soc- House 28x27 60 20 On label on clear enclosure: Bainbridge House, c. 1970, showing exterior renovations carried out by the Historical Soceity of Princeton. |