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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
PRINCETON, 77.5 miles (200 alt., 6,992 pop.)
(see PRINCETON).
Points of Interest: Princeton University Campus and Buildings, Princeton Battle
Monument, Morven, The Barracks, Bainbridge House, Westminster Choir School,
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Theological Seminary, and others.
At Princeton is the junction (L) with State 27, here Stockton St. (see
Tour 8), which is united with US 206 between Princeton and Trenton.
US 206 turns R., following Stockton St.
A few widespread houses line the road for some distance to DRUMTHWACKET (L), 78.2 miles, the Moses Taylor Pyne estate (grounds open). The
three-story Colonial mansion with five three-story columns across its front
was built in 1832. Pyne, wealthy Princeton trustee, led the fight against
Woodrow Wilson's plan for the establishment of a university commons.
On a 20-foot hill, 78.4 miles, beside the road (L) stands the THOMAS
OLDEN HOUSE, built 1696, the rickety home of a trapper. From its tiny
porch Washington reviewed his troops on their march to Trenton in December 1776, and he twice used it in caring for both British and American wounded.
A MONUMENT (L), 78.5 miles, marks the spot where on Jan. 3, 1777,
Colonel Mawhood, leading the British from Princeton to join Cornwallis
at Trenton, saw Washington's army marching on Princeton. He returned
to intercept them, dividing his force here. The split assured the American
victory in the Battle of Princeton (see PRINCETON).
At 78.9 miles the road crosses a brook on an old stone bridge. The crumbling walls of a STONE MILL are R.
COX'S CORNERS, 80 m. (170 alt.), is a small hamlet in the midst of
rolling, half-forested land. The place was named for Dr. Daniel Coxe,
Governor of West New Jersey, 1687-1692.
At 81.3 miles is (R) CHERRY GROVE (private), cor. Carter Rd. The
house used by the British in December, 1776, when they held Trenton, is
now occupied by descendants of Capt. George Green, owner during the
Revolution. Two tall tulip poplars at the side of the old path to the entrance gate are known as "Bride and Groom trees" because a bridal pair
planted two saplings in their first dooryard, according to the old custom.
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