Morven (Princeton, New Jersey)
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
 Morven in 2006.
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| Location: | 55 Stockton Street, Princeton Boro, NJ |
| Coordinates: | 40°20′50.97″N 74°40′1.03″W / 40.3474917°N 74.6669528°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1730 |
| Architect: | Unknown |
| Architectural style(s): | Georgian |
| Governing body: | State |
| Added to NRHP: | January 25, 1971 |
| Designated NHL: | July 17, 1971[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 71000503 [2] |
Morven, officially known as Morven Museum & Garden, is a historic house at 55 Stockton Street in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, United States.
It was originally part of a 5,500-acre (22 km2) tract purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton in 1701. In 1754, his grandson, Richard Stockton (1730-1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence, acquired 150 acres (0.61 km2) of this land and built the house. His wife, Annis Boudinot Stockton, was a poet and named their house "Morven" after a mythical Gaelic kingdom in a poem by Ossian. Commodore Robert Stockton (1795-1869) lived in the house. Robert Wood Johnson II, Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, was the first non Stockton to reside at Morven (1928-1944). He was followed by five New Jersey governors when Morven served as the state’s first Governor’s Mansion (1945-1981). In 1982, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion was relocated to nearby Drumthwacket and Morven became a museum.
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[edit] Owners
- Richard Stockton I from 1701 till 1707
- John Stockton from 1707
- Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
- Robert Stockton (1795-1869)
- Robert Wood Johnson II from 1928 to 1944
- Governor’s Mansion from 1945 to 1981
- Museum 1982 to now
[edit] References
- ^ "Morven". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2008-06-23. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1117&ResourceType=Building.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
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[edit] See also
- Westland Mansion, patterned after Morven
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey
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