About This Place
Bainbridge House is a Georgian-style house built around 1766 on Nassau Street in Princeton. It is the birthplace of Commodore William Bainbridge, a naval hero of the War of 1812, and served as the headquarters of the Historical Society of Princeton for many years. The house was standing during the Battle of Princeton and the period when Congress met at Nassau Hall.
The building is one of the few surviving colonial-era structures on Nassau Street.
Revolutionary Significance
The house was built by Robert Stockton, a member of the extended Stockton family. Its location on Nassau Street placed it at the center of colonial Princeton life and within the area occupied by British forces during the winter of 1776-1777. The house witnessed the passage of troops, the sound of cannon during the battle, and the arrival of the Continental Congress in 1783. Its survival provides a tangible link to the built environment of revolutionary Princeton.
Location
158 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542
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Events at This Location
1776
John Witherspoon, Richard Stockton, James Madison
1776
John Witherspoon, James Madison
1776
Richard Stockton, Annis Boudinot Stockton
1776
Annis Boudinot Stockton, Richard Stockton
1776
Charles Mawhood, John Witherspoon, Thomas Olden
1776
John Witherspoon
1776
1777
1777
George Washington, Hugh Mercer
1777
George Washington, Hugh Mercer, Charles Mawhood
1777
Hugh Mercer, Charles Mawhood
1777
George Washington, Hugh Mercer
1777
George Washington
1777
1777
Hugh Mercer, Benjamin Rush
1783
John Witherspoon
1783
Elias Boudinot
1783
Elias Boudinot, George Washington
1783
George Washington, Elias Boudinot
1783
Elias Boudinot