Photo Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_c_006 |
Title |
[The Barracks in the snow] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
The Barracks, 32 Edgehill Street, in the snow. One of the oldest houses in Princeton, it was 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. The house was owned in the early 20th century by William M. Paxton, professor and President of the Princeton Theological Seminary and trustee of Princeton University; and J. Duncan Spaeth, 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 |
4 3/4" x 6 1/2" |
Subjects |
Buildings Houses Residences Homes Barracks Stone buildings Trees Streets Fences Snow |
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 |
In pencil on back of photo: Barracks - Edgehill St 32 5x7 #636 R2909 Neg. 4x5 A-9c #2909 (A-6* C-1) [crossed out] A9-c Stamped on back of photo, twice (once damaged): HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OF PRINCETON, N.J. 158 NASSAU STREET PRINCETON, N.J. 08540 |
Provenance |
Print of glass plate negative in HSP collection. Primarily from local photography studios Kopp and Silvester. |