Terrace Club
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| Location | 62 Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′49.8″N 74°39′14.3″W / 40.347167°N 74.653972°WCoordinates: 40°20′49.8″N 74°39′14.3″W / 40.347167°N 74.653972°W |
| Built | 1920 (on a pre-existing building) |
| Architect | Frederick Stone and Rolf Bauhan |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| Part of | Princeton Historic District (#75001143) |
| Added to NRHP | 27 June 1975 |
Princeton Terrace Club is one of eleven current eating clubs at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Terrace Club was founded in 1904 and is located at 62 Washington Road. The club is the sole Princeton eating club located off Prospect Avenue.
In 1967, Terrace became the first eating club to switch to a nonselective lottery "sign-in" system for membership, as opposed to the selective bicker system. Terrace was soon followed by Campus, Colonial, and Cloister, and today 5 of the 11 remaining operating clubs do not use the bicker system. Terrace was one of the earliest clubs to accept Jewish, African-American, and female members, and today is considered on campus to be the most "alternative," politically liberal eating club. Since 2000, Terrace has been a popular choice for sophomores, filling all of its membership slots either during first round sign-in or by the end of the second round.
Terrace's motto has been "Food=Love" since the mid-eighties. The food is served cafeteria-style and is famous for being more "vegetarian friendly" than other clubs. Members of Terrace often refer to the club as "Terrace F. Club" or "TFC". Other nicknames include "the mother," "mother Terrace," or "the womb," and members often refer to themselves as "Terrans".
Weekend events at Terrace often include concerts of indie-scene bands from a variety of genres, including rock, hip-hop, salsa, jazz, and electronica. Many notable artists and groups, including former club member Stanley Jordan, Flipper (band), Phil Lesh, Yo La Tengo, GWAR, Blues Traveler (Summer '87), ESG (band), Bim Skala Bim, Elliott Smith, Run DMC, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Vampire Weekend, Frightened Rabbit, Girl Talk, GZA, Immortal Technique, Stereolab, Snarky Puppy and Tortoise have played at Terrace, some before they were nationally known. Terrace also hosts the Queer Radicals' annual Drag Ball in October or November.
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