Part of The Growth of Nassau Street.

Contemporary of the Beatty House and the Mershon House, this residence was constructed in the second half of the 18th century at a spot near the top of Mercer Street, where Trinity Church stands today. It was likely a tenant house that saw a number of different occupants in its early decades. It is one of more than 200 Princeton houses that were moved in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to make room for new development.

Later Name: Archibald Alexander House, named for the physician who moved here in 1812 as the first professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary. At that time, he taught classes in this home, writing that it was “not very large or commodious.”

Present Use: private residence