Princeton Audio Walking Tour

Highlights

• Institute for Advanced Study

  Founded in 1930 on the principle of knowledge for its own sake, your Institute for Advanced Study sits quietly in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner with philanthropists Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld, it was built on Flexner’s guiding principle: the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.

• Princeton Theological Seminary

  In 1812, your Princeton Theological Seminary became the second-oldest seminary in the United States. Established in 1812 under the auspices of Archibald Alexander, the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), it is the second-oldest seminary in the United States and the largest of ten seminaries associated with the Presbyterian Church.

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  Drumthwacket

  At 354 Stockton Street, a short distance from the state capital of Trenton, your Drumthwacket serves as the official residence of the governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. This is the mansion that Charles Smith Olden began to build in 1835 after returning to Princeton; he had been born on this land in 1799 and had made his fortune working for a mercantile firm in Philadelphia and later New Orleans.

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  Albert Einstein House

  This modest cottage is the Albert Einstein House, 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey, his home from 1935 until 1955. From this modest façade you can imagine the life Albert Einstein led here from 1935 until his death in 1955.

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  Nassau Hall

  Picture Old Nassau in 1756, the largest academic building in colonial New Jersey, here in Mercer County. Built in 1756, it was then the largest building in colonial New Jersey and the largest academic building in the American colonies.

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• Palmer Square (Nassau Street)

  Picture Palmer Square as it is today: shops, restaurants, offices, and homes clustered across from Princeton University.

• Nassau Inn (Palmer Square)

  Your Nassau Inn traces back to a 1756 house built for Judge Thomas Leonard.

• Nassau Hall (Princeton University)

  Picture Old Nassau in 1756, the largest academic building in colonial New Jersey, here in Mercer County.

• Nassau Presbyterian Church (Princeton Historic District)

  Picture Nassau Presbyterian Church as it has stood beside Princeton University and its seminary since services first filled Nassau Hall in 1756.

• Princeton University Chapel (Princeton)

  Sandstone and limestone rise around you in the Princeton University Chapel, evoking a small English cathedral here in New Jersey.

• Princeton Art Museum (Princeton)

  The Princeton University Art Museum has been collecting since 1755 and now holds over 117,000 works of art.

• Princeton University Library (Princeton)

  Your Princeton University Library headquarters, Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library, holds more than 7 million books.

• Scheide Library (Princeton University)

  In 2015, after William Scheide's death, his library — assembled across three generations — became part of your Princeton University Library, housed in the Harvey…

• Frist Campus Center (Princeton)

  Old Palmer Physics Lab meets a modern 2001 addition at your Frist Campus Center, Princeton's social hub.

• McCarter Theatre (Princeton University)

  In 1930 your McCarter Theatre Center opened on the Princeton University campus in New Jersey with the Triangle Club's 40th show.

• Putnam Collection of Sculpture, Princeton University (Princeton University)

  Notice the outdoor sculptures scattered across the Princeton University campus, together forming the John B. Putnam, Jr. Memorial Collection of Sculpture.

• Prospect House (Princeton University campus)

  Notman's 1851 Italianate design gives your Prospect House its low-pitch roofs and rustic sandstone massing.

• President's House (Princeton)

  Completed in 1756, the same year as Nassau Hall, the President's House was built for the presidents of the College of New Jersey.

• Albert Einstein House (Princeton)

  This modest cottage is the Albert Einstein House, 112 Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey, his home from 1935 until 1955.

• Princeton Garden Theatre (Nassau Street)

  Warm and intimate, your Princeton Garden Theatre on Nassau Street still programs first-run and classic films with old-fashioned care.

• Peacock Inn (Princeton)

  Your Peacock Inn began life as an 18th-century home.

• Princeton Battle Monument (Princeton)

  Fifty feet tall and modeled on the Arc de Triomphe, your Princeton Battle Monument rises beside Morven.

• Morven Museum & Garden (Princeton)

  Named for a mythical Gaelic kingdom, your Morven Museum & Garden anchors historic Princeton.

• Drumthwacket (Princeton)

  At 354 Stockton Street, a short distance from the state capital of Trenton, your Drumthwacket serves as the official residence of the governor of the…

• Marquand Park (Princeton)

  Seventeen acres of walking paths, a baseball field, and a playground make up your Marquand Park here in Princeton.

• Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton)

  Founded in 1930 on the principle of knowledge for its own sake, your Institute for Advanced Study sits quietly in Princeton, New Jersey.

• Princeton Theological Seminary (Princeton)

  In 1812, your Princeton Theological Seminary became the second-oldest seminary in the United States.

• Miller Chapel (Princeton Theological Seminary)

  Built in stuccoed brick with a simple Doric portico, your Miller Chapel has served Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey since 1834.

• Tusculum (Princeton)

  Built in 1773 for John Witherspoon, your Tusculum takes its name from Cicero's Roman country villa.

• Westland Mansion (historic district of Princeton)

  Grover Cleveland retired to your Westland Mansion in 1897, a National Historic Landmark in the historic district of Princeton.

• Maybury Hill (Northern Princeton)

  Built about 1725, your Maybury Hill was the boyhood home of Joseph Hewes here in northern Princeton.

• Cleveland Tower (Graduate College)

  Ralph Adams Cram designed your Cleveland Tower as a 1913 memorial to former president Grover Cleveland.

• Princeton University Graduate School (Princeton)

  Princeton University's Graduate School dates to 1869, though James Madison began graduate work here in 1771 under John Witherspoon.

• Jugtown Historic District (Jugtown)

  At the crossing of Harrison and Nassau Streets in Princeton, your Jugtown Historic District traces back to a 1730 crossroads settlement.

• Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children (Princeton)

  From 1858 until Princeton Public Schools integrated in 1948, your Witherspoon Street School for Colored Children educated Princeton's African-American children.

• Princeton Historic District (Princeton Historic District)

  Listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1975, your Princeton Historic District spans 370 acres from Marquand Park to the Eating Clubs.

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