Mercer Manor Colonnade


  • Address: 500 Mercer Rd
  • Type: Architectural Remnant
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Object

Mercer Manor Colonnade is a row of Ionic columns from a former residential porch at the Princeton Battlefield, Princeton, New Jersey. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1836/00/00 Matthew Newkirk Home Matthew Newkirk buys a large empty lot on the SW corner of 13th and Arch in Philadelphia to build a mansion.
1836/12/00 Thomas Ustick Walter Architect As the Newkirk mansion nears completion, a carpenter dies after falling from scaffolding. The Newkirk residence, the first private residence in the Philadelphia to have gas lines throughout the building, feature a facade constructed of white marble.
1868/05/31 Matthew Newkirk Died Matthew Newkirk dies in his Philadelphia mansion at the SW corner of N 13th St and Arch St.
1875/00/00 The Newkirk family sells the mansion to The Society of the Sons of St George. Founded in 1772, the Society gave advice and assistance to Englishmen in distress. They extended the building, added a 3rd floor and name the building St George's Hall.
1876/04/27 English Astronomer, Dr Richard A Proctor, lectures on "The Birth and Death of Worlds" at St George's Hall, Philadelphia.
1876/09/21 Sir Edward Thornton Dignitary US Centennial Commission and Board of Finance host a banquet at St George's Hall, Philadelphia. US Grant presides with Gen Hayley and Sir Edward Thornton seated to the right and B of F President John Welsh and Director-General Goshorn on the left. Centennial Exposition
1876/09/21 William McKinley Dignitary US Centennial Commission and Board of Finance host a banquet at St George's Hall, Philadelphia. US Grant presides with Gen Hayley and Sir Edward Thornton seated to the right and B of F President John Welsh and Director-General Goshorn on the left. Centennial Exposition
1876/10/28 Blind Tom Wiggens simultaneously plays two numbers on the piano, "Fishers Hornpipe" with his left hand and "Yankee Doodle" with his right hand, while singing "Dixie" during his 4 week run at St George's Hall, Philadelphia.
1879/12/21 Ulysses S Grant Guest of Honor US Grant is honored during a banquet at St George's Hall in Philadelphia.
1882/06/18 A Memorial Service is held for General Giuseppe Garibaldi, the "Italian George Washington".
1895/06/04 Archbishop Patrick Ryanis is honored during a banquet at St George's Hall in Philadelphia.
1899/09/14 William McKinley Dignitary Accompanied by the United States Marine Band, President William McKinley opens The National Export Exposition at St George's Hall, Philadelphia.
1902/00/00 The Society of the Sons of St George move to 19th and Arch in 1902, Philadelphia.
1902/04/00 St George's Hall is razed. The Colonnade are transported form Philadelphia and used in the building of Mercer Manor on the site of the William Clarke House.
1957/00/00 Institute for Advanced Study Benefactor After sustaining substantial damage in a fire, Mercer Manor is razed, except the Colonnade. The owners of the columns, the Institute for Advanced Study, donate the property to the State for inclusion in the Battlefield Park.

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Particulars for Mercer Manor Colonnade:
Disposition Architectural Remnant
Area of Design Decorative Arts
Sight Category Object




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