Location: Princeton
Top Things to do in Princeton
What to do and see in Princeton, New Jersey (NJ): The Best Sights & Landmarks
Princeton, New Jersey, the home of Princeton University since 1756, is one of the most famous college towns in the world. The university, with its massive endowment and long history, has made the town of Princeton an exciting place to visit. The Princeton University Art Museum owns over 72,000 works of art, displaying everything from Latin American folk art to Italian Renaissance paintings. The school also hosts dance, theater, and performance art at the Lewis Center and other assorted venues.
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1. Princeton University
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 996 reviews
The ivy league campus is ideal for a stroll, where some interesting buildings may be visited.
Reviewed By johnbZ8051LU - Princeton, United States
Princeton University is many things: quaint, with one of THE most beautiful campuses in the world (and where the word “campus” was coined in the 19th century); historical, as George Washington defeated the British for the first time in the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777, and marched down its Main Street in pursuit with his aid Captain James Madison (a graduate of the college) while his Captain of Artillery Alexander Hamilton canonnaded Nassau Hall, the college’s main building where the British were quartered; intellectual, as a college town often is, but in Princeton’s case moreso with such luminaries as Albert Einstein living there, working at the Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s most prestigious think tanks: and finally gracious, as many of its older faculty houses reflect a bygone era of serenity and spaciousness. Princeton University, founded in 1746, is the smallest of the Ivy League schools, yet one of the most influential if any United States colleges in terms of its alums attaining the highest of positions: several Presidents of the United States, Secretaries of State, Federal Reserve chairs, three current Supreme Court Justices, several heads of foreign goverments, world renowned scientists, an astronaut, famous actors, corporate and financial heads, a Heismann Trophy winning athlete, highly decorated military leaders, and a faculty which has made it one of the top ten research universities in the world, with 63 Nobel Laureates, Turing Award Laureates, and hundreds of other prestigious awards. Its Chapel is the third largest college chapel in the world, seating over two thousand. The university campus occupies one side of the entire Main Street of the town evoking a hint of Oxford or Cambridge, not accidentally. It is a university and town worth a visit to soak in its rich and long history as well as its incomparable dedication to academics, culture and the pursuit of higher knowledge in service towards a better world.
2. witherspoon presbyterian church
3. Clio Hall
4. Princeton University Chapel
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5.0 based on 161 reviews
Reviewed By rccaia - Princeton, United States
Princeton University's Chapel is amazing! The word 'chapel' conjures up the image of a small space for quiet reflection and prayer. While it is quiet, as it should be, it is anything but small. The chapel is beautiful and very large. Built around 1920 I believe and in the collegiate gothic style as many of Princeton's building are it is a wonderful place to visit if you are in Princeton. Just a short walk, maybe 100 yards into the campus from Nassau Street, you will come to the front entrance. When inside turn around to see the huge pipe organ in the balcony above the entrance. Christmas concerts there are amazing! Very cool place that is worth the visit especially if you like gothic architecture.
5. Princeton United Methodist Church
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5.0 based on 5 reviews
See the spectacular Tiffany window at this church, built in 1910 in 'perpendicular Gothic" with a pipe organ and a carillon tower. The church opens to a busy corner of Nassau Street, opposite the university. In the paneled sanctuary and adjoining reception room are renowned stained glass windows (including the Tiffany window of St. George and the Dragon and an entire wall mural from the Lederle studio). Also the Corson chapel is available for meditation and the carillon plays at noon. Tours offered on Fridays and Sundays from noon to 1:30 and by appointment. Everyone is also welcome before and during 9:30 and 11 a.m. services (10 a.m. in summer). Wheelchair accessible. Restrooms available.
6. McCosh Hall
7. Palmer House
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
8. Nassau Hall
9. Institute for Advanced Study
10. Princeton Cemetery
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4.5 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By jauchzet
This is owned by the Presbyterian Church but the burials seem non-denominational. The first person buried here was Aaron Burr, Sr., in 1757. His son, Aaron Burr, Jr., who was in a duel where he shot Alexander Hamilton is buried here also, along with Grover Cleveland and Sylvia Beach of the Paris Shakespeare bookstore. The Presidents of Princeton have their special section and because this cemetery is so old, a "Colored" section. If you are interested in history, visit here. Go to the entrance on Wiggins and Greenview and you will find a very nicely prepared guide to the cemetery's most famous people.
