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Metadata
Object ID |
A_9_b_007 |
Title |
[Bainbridge House, c. 1960] |
Collection |
Photo Archives |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
c.1960 |
Year Range from |
1960 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Description |
Bainbridge House, Princeton Public Library, c. 1960. The photograph shows 1937 Colonial Revival alterations to the facade. 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 Automobiles Parking Trees Cars |
People |
Stockton, Job, -1771 Stockton, Richard Bainbridge, Absalom Bainbridge, William, 1774-1833 |
Search Terms |
Nassau Street Bainbridge House Stockton Family |
Notes |
In pencil on back of photo: A-9b #7 Stamped on back of photo: PRINT BY JIM CAWLEY |
Provenance |
Back of photograph is stamped: "Print by Jim Cawley." |