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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1851/00/00 John Notman Architect Prospect House is built for John Potter, a wealthy merchant from Charleston, South Carolina. He bought the place in 1849.
1878/00/00 Robert L and Alexander Stuart, brothers and sugar refiners in New York City, purchase Potter's 35-acre estate and donate it to the College of New Jersey
1903/01/21 Joseph Ruggles Wilson Died Rev Joseph Ruggles Wilson dies at Prospect, Princeton. He is buried next to his wife at First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina.
1904/00/00 Woodrow Wilson Home University President Wilson erects an iron fence to protect Prospect's grounds from students. Prospect was Wilson's home from 1903 until 1910.
1968/00/00 Official residence of the President moves to Walter Lowrie House, Prospect mansion is converted to a Faculty Club and the Garden Room - Tap Room is built, designed by architect Warren Plattner

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Particulars for Prospect House, Princeton:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Education
Historic Use Educational related housing
Architectural Style Italianate Villa Revival
Level of Significance National
Criteria Person
Area of Significance Politics-government
Owner Private
Other Description Tuscan Villa



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 4th February 1985

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Prospect
Registry Address: Princeton University campus
Registry Number: 85002434
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Notman,John
Architectural Style: Italian villa, Other
Attribute: Tuscan Villa
Area in Acres: 5
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Certification: Listed in the National Register
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Education, Politics-government, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering, Person
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1850-1874
Significant Year: c 1851, 1902, 1911
Associated People: Wilson,Woodrow
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-Function: Educational related housing
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-Function: College

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