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1 of 1977

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Metadata

Object ID

A_9_b_009

Title

[Bainbridge House, under renovation]

Collection

Photo Archives

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Date

c.1969

Year Range from

1969

Year Range to

1969

Description

Bainbridge House, under renovation. In 1969, the Historical Society of Princeton restored the exterior of Bainbridge House to its original 18th-century appearance. On the right, the Garden Theater; on the left, PJ's Pancake House.

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
Parking
Trees
Automobiles
Traffic signs & signals
Streetlights
Street lamps
Trees
Construction equipment
Construction workers
Building materials
Ladders
Mailboxes
Theaters
Restaurants
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
Bainbridge House - under renovation