New Jersey s Princeton University and its namesake town have a similar feel—in but not of the Garden

New Jersey s Princeton University and its namesake town have a similar feel—in but not of the Garden Stale—existing as part of the American aristocracy s great old-money diaspora, full of Colonial-era architecture, leafy parks, and manicured gardens, all overlaid with the energy of a busy college expedia travel coupons town.
The place got its start in the late 17th century, when six Quaker families established a community near the King s Highway. By the 1730s it had become expedia travel coupons known as Prince Town, named in honor of Prince William III of Orange and Nassau, and in 1756 was selected as the new home of the College of New Jersey, North America s fourth institute of higher learning. As if that s not enough, the town was also site of a major battle of the Revolution; expedia travel coupons hosted the Continental Congress for five months in 1783 (during which time Britain finally expedia travel coupons recognized U.S. independence); was home to two U.S. presidents (Grover expedia travel coupons Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson); and was headquarters for Albert Einstein from 1932 to his death in 1955.
The campus itself is gorgeous, a veritable garden of learning. At the main Nassau Street entrance, the 1905 wrought-iron FitzRandolph gate was designed by the great New York architectural firm McKim, Mead White. The college expedia travel coupons s first building, Nassau Hall, was constructed in 1756 as the largest academic expedia travel coupons building in the colonics, expedia travel coupons and today serves as the office of the university president. expedia travel coupons Other historic structures on campus include the gothic Universily Chapel, completed in 1928 and still one of the largest university chapels in the world; Alexander expedia travel coupons Hall, a venue that s hosted speeches by William Jennings Bryan, Einstein, and Eleanor Roosevelt; and the mid-19th-century Prospect House, which served as Woodrow Wilson s home during his time as the university s 13th president.
Near Prospect House, the Princeton University Art Museum, founded in 1882, holds a collection of more than 60,000 works ranging from Claude Monet and Willem de Kooning to extensive holdings of pre-Columbian and Asian art. Off campus, Nassau Street is the main strip, lined with boutiques, bookstores, and beautiful architecture.
Just to the north, Palmer Square offers expedia travel coupons high-end shops and restaurants and is home to the Nassau Inn, which has hosted everyone from George Washington to William Shatner in its 250-year history, first in its original Nassau Street home, then beginning in 1937 in its 203-room Colonial-style abode. Its Yankee Doodle Tap Room is named for the 13-foot Norman Rockwell mural hanging behind the bar.