National Historic Landmark – Prospect

National Historic Landmark – Prospect

From 1902 to 1911, this house, built in the Tuscan villa style, was the residence of Woodrow Wilson.

Wilson lived at Prospect during a period significant both for his presidency of Princeton University and the beginning of ...

National Historic Landmark - Princeton Battlefield

National Historic Landmark - Princeton Battlefield

The battle that began at sunrise on January 3, 1777, on a field outside Princeton ended when British troops who were barricaded in Nassau Hall surrendered.

Washington's victory here helped raise the morale of the colonists ...

National Historic Landmark - President's House

National Historic Landmark - President's House

Erected in 1756, this two story, brick structure was the official residence of Princeton's president until 1879.

John Witherspoon, who occupied this Georgian house from 1768 to 1779, was a delegate to the Continental Congress and ...

National Historic Landmark - Paulsdale

National Historic Landmark - Paulsdale

Paulsdale was the childhood home of Alice Paul (1885-1977), a leader in the Woman's Suffrage Movement and advocate of Women's Rights.

Paul's strong Quaker upbringing influenced her views on the equality of the sexes and molded her ...

National Historic Landmark - Palisades Interstate Park

National Historic Landmark - Palisades Interstate Park

The Palisades Interstate Park (PIP) represents an unusual effort by two states, New Jersey and New York, to preserve the scenic beauty of the cliffs on the lower western side of the Hudson River.

The ...

National Historic Landmark - Old Queens, Rutgers University

National Historic Landmark - Old Queens, Rutgers University

Constructed between 1809 and 1825, this handsome Federal style building was the original college of Rutgers designed by John McComb, Jr.(1763-1853), one of the best-known architects of his day.

National Historic Landmark - Old Barracks

National Historic Landmark – Old Barracks (Trenton)

This 2-1/2 story field stone structure is the only surviving barracks of five erected by New Jersey's Colonial legislature to house troops during the French and Indian War.

At different times during the Revolution, American ...

National Historic Landmark- Abel and Mary Nicholson House

National Historic Landmark - Abel and Mary Nicholson House

This house is a remarkably intact example of Delaware Valley patterned brick architecture, an early Mid-Atlantic building tradition.

The essential characteristic of this style is exterior decoration in vitrified brick.

Laid as headers, the ...

National Historic Landmark - New St. Mary's Episcopal Church

National Historic Landmark - New St. Mary's Episcopal Church

An important site in the history of the Gothic-Revival style in America.

The first attempt in this country to follow a specific English medieval church model for which measured drawings existed.

Its design and ...

National Historic Landmark – Navesink Light Station

National Historic Landmark - Navesink Light Station

From 1828 until 1949, the twin towers of Navesink served as one of the principal lights for guiding ships into New York harbor, the busiest port in the United States.

The station had the distinction ...