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Princeton is a small friendly town with plenty of academic and cultural sophistication. Princeton University's ivied walls dominate one side of the town's main street, with Nassau Hall, briefly the capital of the US, lying directly in front of the towns commercial center of Palmer Square. Here one finds a string of bustling businesses, quaint shops. eateries, and the historic Nassau Inn, once a stagecoach stop between Philadelphia and New York. Princeton is home to many historic sites, the McCarter Theater reportedly the seventh busiest performing arts center in the nation, the Princeton Ballet, the Princeton Arts Council, the Westminster Choir College and the Princeton Pro Musica. Princeton has miles of charming, tree lined residential streets offering a variety of housing including Victorian homes, stone and mortar structures, single family homes, townhouses and duplexes. Princeton has been home to famous people including Albert Einstein, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland and more recently Toni Morrison and John Chancellor. Also in the Borough are the Institute for Advanced Study, the Princeton Theological Seminary, American Boychoir School and an excellent Medical Center.
Historic Districts in Princeton Borough
Jugtown District-
Located at the intersection of Nassau and Harrison Streets, this area was originally settled in 1695. By the early-eighteenth century, Jugtown had become a thriving hamlet of houses, stores, a hotel, and a pottery works, from which the neighborhood derives its name. The district's beginnings are visible in the modest brick dwellings of the eighteenth century, which were joined later by elegant wood-framed Federal-style dwellings with delicate carved wood details and fanlights. During the nineteenth century, the neighborhood came to include houses in a wider variety of architectural styles. Queen Anne and Colonial Revival dwellings of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century completed the district.Bank Street District-Tucked away along narrow Bank Street is a collection of vernacular Queen Anne-style buildings that form a cohesive and well-preserved residential district. Constructed in the late-nineteenth century as modest residences, these wood-framed dwellings gather close to the street and to one another. These houses feature a variety of Victorian decoration. Wood shingles in fanciful diamond and fish-scale patterns cover them, decorative brackets adorn the buildings' two-story cutaway bay windows, and wood porches with turned wood posts and spindle valances welcome visitors.
Mercer Hill District
Primarily residential in character, this elegant district includes the Albert Einstein house, Morven, a number of dwellings designed by Princeton's noted architect-builder, Charles Steadman, and clusters of Victorian houses. Landmark buildings in the district include Trinity Church and Princeton Theological Seminary's Alexander Hall. A variety of architectural styles is present here, with houses executed in the Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival styles.
Central Historic District
This district encompasses the core of the central business district and several Princeton University buildings that front onto Nassau Street. Its buildings represent diverse periods and architectural styles from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Located amid the district's eighteenth-century Nassau Hall, Bainbridge House, and MacLean House are the Greek Revival Nassau Presbyterian Church, the Tudor Revival Lower Pyne, and the Collegiate Gothic Madison and Holder Halls. The commercial buildings along Nassau Street demonstrate an array of historical styles, including Federal, Second Empire, Renaissance Revival, and the Colonial Revival of Palmer Square.
The Arts
McCarter Theater/Center for the Performing Arts is a regional center with national significance producing Drama, Dance and Music Series as well as featuring international performers and touring companies
- The Chamber Symphony of Princeton offers a five concert subscription series held in Princeton University's Richardson Auditorium.
- Princeton University Art Museum holds a permanent collection of Oriental, African, Medieval, European and American Art.
- The Natural History Museum houses the University's collection of fossil fish.
- Additionally there are numerous small music, dance and art groups and councils that add to the cultural diversity of the community.
Education
- Princeton Theological Seminary is the largest seminary of the Presbyterian Church.
- Princeton University offers B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in liberal arts, engineering and architecture.
- Westminster Choir College is a college for music career studies.
- Princeton Regional School District consists of:
4 Elementary Schools (K-5)
1 Middle School (6-8)
1 High School (9-12)
Total enrollment is 2,814 pupils. The High School is known for its academic vigor; 88% of its graduates go on to college and 19 are National Merit semi-finalists. 2001 SAT scores (mean) were: verbal 605, math 617. Average class size is 25.
Princeton Area Private Schools
The American Boychoir School is an all-male boarding and day musical school for grades 3-8 providing academic education for boarding and day students; international touring. Chapin School is a co-educational school for pre-kindergarten through 8.
- The Hun School is a co-educational college preparatory day and boarding school for grades 6-12 with boarding for grades 9-12.
- The Lawrenceville School is a co-educational college preparatory school for grades 9-12 and a post graduate year, mostly boarding.
- The Lewis School is a co-ed school for dyslexic and learning different students, kindergarten through college preparatory.
-The Princeton Day School is a co-educational college preparatory school for grades K-12 with 860 students.
- Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart is an all girls Catholic college preparatory day school for pre-K through 12.
- The Princeton Friends School is a co-educational Quaker school for grades Pre-K through 8.
- St. Paul's School is a co-educational parochial school for grades K-8.
- The Waldorf School of Princeton is a Rudolph Steiner School offering programs for nursery through eighth grade.
- There are 23 day care and pre-school centers and 4 special education centers in the Princeton area.
Princeton Boro Municipal Offices:
1 Monument Drive
Princeton, NJ 08540
Corner of Intersection of Nassau St (Rt 27) & 206
Phone: (609) 924-3118
website: http://www.princetonboro.org
PRINCETON TOWNSHIP
Princeton, New Jersey is one of the Country's most historic communities. Settled in the late 17th century, Princeton produced two signers of the Declaration of Independence and was the site of one of the Revolutionary War's crucial battles. It served briefly as the nation's capital when the Continental Congress met in Princeton in 1783.
Princeton has been known for its natural beauty, accessibility to metropolitan centers, and educational institutions. Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Westminster Choir College, and several educational and scientific research centers are all an integral part of Princeton.
Princeton Township borders Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, West Windsor Township, Somerset County, and Middlesex County.
Princeton lies in the west central portion of New Jersey about midway between Trenton and New Brunswick and about 50 miles from both New York and Philadelphia. It is actually two entities. Princeton Township's 16.25 square miles completely surrounds Princeton Borough's 1.76 square miles.
The Princeton airport is situated less than a mile across the Somerset County border, formally located in the Rocky Hill borough.
Princeton Township Municipal Offices:
400 Witherspoon St.
Princeton, NJ 08540
Phone: (609) 924-5749
Website: http://www.princetontwp.org/
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