Drumthwacket
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2008-01-03
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In 1799 Charles Smith Olden was born there. Olden gained wealth working at a mercantile firm in Philadelphia and later New Orleans before returning to Princeton, where in 1835 he began to build Drumthwacket, taking its name from two Scottish Gaelic words meaning "wooded hill". Olden began his involvement in politics as a gentleman farmer and businessman, as treasurer and Trustee of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), as a state Senator, and finally in 1860 as governor, the first to live at Drumthwacket.
The original structure consisted of a center hall with two rooms on each side, including the 2+1?2-story center section and large portico with six Ionic columns, which remains today.
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Drumthwacket, Governor's Official Residence, New Jersey Executive Mansion, Mansion, William Penn, Battle of Princeton, American History, History, The American Revolution, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, Princeton, Mercer County, Borough of Princeton, The Delaware Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State, The Raritan Valley Region
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