Nassau Inn
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The Nassau Inn
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| Country | United States |
| Renovated | December, 2012 |
| Demolished | 1937 (original) |
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| Floor count | 6 |
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| Number of rooms | 188 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Facilities | 14 Meeting rooms, 10,000 square feet (930 m2) |
| Parking | Hulfish Garage and Chamber Street Garage |
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Nassau Inn
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| Location | 10 Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ |
| Coordinates | 40°21′01.8″N 74°39′40.2″W / 40.350500°N 74.661167°WCoordinates: 40°21′01.8″N 74°39′40.2″W / 40.350500°N 74.661167°W |
| Built | Original 1756 Current location 1938 |
| Part of | Princeton Historic District (#75001143) |
| Designated CP | 27 June 1975 |
The Nassau Inn is the only full service hotel located in downtown Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It first opened at 52 Nassau Street in 1769 in a home built in 1756. The Inn experienced British occupation during the American Revolution and played host to members of the Continental Congress when it met in nearby Nassau Hall. In 1937, the original inn was demolished to make way for the Palmer Square development and a new, much larger, inn opened at 10 Palmer Square in 1938. The hotel's restaurant, the Yankee Doodle Tap Room, has a large mural by Norman Rockwell, depicting Yankee Doodle, behind the bar. It is within walking distance of Princeton University.
The inn's first building, constructed in 1756 using brick imported from Holland, was built as the home of Judge Thomas Leonard, an eminent local citizen who had helped woo The College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) to relocate to Princeton. On his death in 1769, the house was turned into a hotel by Christopher Beekman, who gave it the name College Inn. The Inn quickly became the center of town life, and with its location on the King's Highway, at the midpoint between New York City and Philadelphia, played host to many of the notable figures of colonial America, including Paul Revere, Robert Morris, and Thomas Paine.
The Inn experienced the vicissitudes of the American Revolution, with the British occupation of Princeton in 1776 followed by George Washington's victory at the Battle of Princeton. In 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall, with many Founding Fathers staying in the Inn. Hageman's 1879 history of Princeton relates that Mayor Morford of Princeton insisted that the assembly had met in the Inn, with its ballroom serving as the Court of Chancery.
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