Prospect House Princeton University

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2008-09-01

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Since 1968, Prospect House has served as a dining and reception facility for faculty and staff, overlooking a lush, five-acre garden. This national historic landmark has an engaging background--the original stone farmhouse hosted several sessions of the Continental Congress in 1783; the farmhouse was replaced in 1852 with the current Italianate villa designed by John Notman; and in 1878 the property was deeded to the University for use as the president's residence. Woodrow Wilson was among the six Princeton presidents who lived there and his wife Ellen designed the garden's current form, which echoes the Princeton shield.
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Prospect House Princeton University, Prospect House, Italianate Architecture, Woodrow Wilson, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, U.S. National Historic Landmark, U.S. Historic district Contributing property, Campus of Princeton University, Princeton University, Ivy League, University, Princeton, Mercer County, The Delaware Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State

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