Town · Princeton, Mercer County
Princeton
A university town with a lively downtown, the Gothic campus of Princeton University, and Revolutionary history at every turn.
Princeton is two towns in one: a lively small downtown of shops, restaurants and the colonial-style Palmer Square, and the university campus next door, whose Gothic courtyards and lawns are open to stroll. Nassau Hall, the university's first building, briefly served as the nation's capitol in 1783, when the Continental Congress met there.
The town is full of Revolutionary history. The Battle of Princeton was fought on the fields just south of town in January 1777, and Morven, once the home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, is now a museum and garden. On the edge of town, Lake Carnegie and the Delaware and Raritan Canal towpath are good for a walk or a paddle.
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State Park · Princeton, Mercer County
Princeton Battlefield State Park
The quiet fields where Washington defeated British troops on January 3, 1777, with the Thomas Clarke House and a stone colonnade marking the soldiers' grave.
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Public Garden · Princeton, Mercer County
Morven Museum and Garden
Public Garden in Princeton, Mercer County.
State Historic Site · Princeton, Mercer County
Princeton Battle Monument Historic Site
State Historic Site in Princeton, Mercer County — 6 acres.
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State Park · South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County
Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
A 19th-century canal turned into a long, narrow park, with a flat, shaded towpath for walking, running and cycling past locks, bridges and old canal towns.
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Princeton University Art Museum
The university's art museum on the Princeton campus, with collections that range from ancient to contemporary art.
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Princeton Battlefield State Park
The quiet fields where Washington defeated British troops on January 3, 1777, with the Thomas Clarke House and a stone colonnade marking the soldiers' grave.
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Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park
A 19th-century canal turned into a long, narrow park, with a flat, shaded towpath for walking, running and cycling past locks, bridges and old canal towns.