The Colonnade on the Princeton Battlefield

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T20:53:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T20:53:13Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-07
dc.descriptionThe Ionic Colonnade that graces the western side of the battlefield park stands near the original location of the home of William Clarke, one of the brothers who farmed the surrounding land at the time of the battle. The columns and lintel actually originated as the portico of the mansion of Philadelphia merchant Matthew Newkirk, who had commissioned Thomas Walter, later the designer of the dome of the U.S. Capitol, for its construction. When Newkirk�s home was demolished around 1900, the colonnade was salvaged and transported to Princeton to become the entrance of Mercer Manor, another distinguished home that stood on the edge of the battlefield until it was destroyed by fire in the 1950s. At that time, the Institute for Advanced Study owned the property and donated its portico to the State of New Jersey. The Colonnade is more than an architectural curiosity, though, since it is placed to serve as both an entrance and marker for the gravesite of fallen soldiers that lies nearby. The memorial was erected in 1918, in memory of the thirty-six unknowns buried here, including fifteen American and twenty-one British soldiers.
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dc.format.extent3146 x 2758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/122104
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dc.subjectThe Colonnade
dc.subjectThe Princeton Battlefield Park
dc.subjectNew Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
dc.subjectBattle of Princeton
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectPrinceton
dc.subjectMercer County
dc.subjectBorough of Princeton
dc.subjectThe Delaware Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.subjectThe Raritan Valley Region
dc.titleThe Colonnade on the Princeton Battlefield

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