2024-07-222024-07-222008-01-03https://hdl.handle.net/10929/121738Built approximately 1757 by Thomas Olden, younger brother of John Olden (see Olden Manor), this was home to Thomas, his wife Sarah, and their two children, Nathaniel and Hart. From their house�s location on the original Olden tract, they probably had a clear view of the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777 on the other side of Mercer Street. After the battle, Washington and some of his men purportedly came to this house asking for help with their wounded. Firsthand encounters with the violence of war would have been shared by many other Princeton residents in December 1776 and January 1777. For nearly a month, British troops patrolled and controlled the town, scouring Princeton for revolutionaries and looting townspeople�s belongings. The Battle of Princeton tore directly through Princeton�s main road into the downtown, chasing out the British once and for all. Charles Smith Olden, grandson of Thomas Olden and later New Jersey Governor during the Civil War, was also born here in 1799.Original file name 2173225014_4fde0a9880_o (1).jpg4151 x 2768Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Thomas Olden HouseDrumthwacketGovernor's Official ResidenceNew Jersey Executive MansionMansionWilliam PennBattle of PrincetonAmerican HistoryHistoryThe American RevolutionU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesPrincetonMercer CountyBorough of PrincetonThe Delaware RegionNew JerseyNJJerseyThe Garden StateThe Raritan Valley Region