Nassau Hall

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Nassau Hall is a historic 18th-century building on the Princeton University campus that once briefly served as the capital of the United States and remains a central symbol of the university.

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Nassau Hall (colonial college building) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Historic Landmark
historic building
university building
architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe
surface form: Benjamin Latrobe

John Notman
Robert Smith
architecturalStyle Colonial architecture
Georgian architecture
category Government buildings once used as capitols
Princeton University buildings
University and college administration buildings in the United States
completionDate 1756
country United States of America
surface form: United States
hasCoordinateLatitude 40.3483
hasCoordinateLongitude -74.6591
hasFunction symbol of Princeton University
hasNearbyFeature Princeton University FitzRandolph Gate
Princeton University front campus lawn
hasPart Faculty Room
central cupola
hasRole iconic campus landmark
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark

U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1756
locatedIn Princeton University
surface form: Princeton University campus

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
surface form: America/New_York
materialUsed stone
namedAfter House of Nassau
William III of England
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000464
numberOfFloors 3
operator Princeton University
ownedBy Princeton University
partOf Princeton University
reconstructedAfter 1802 fire
1855 fire
significantBuildingFire 1802 fire
1855 fire
significantEvent Congress received news of the Treaty of Paris in 1783
served as the temporary capital of the United States in 1783
site of Continental Congress sessions in 1783
usedFor administration building
ceremonial functions
office space
wasTallestBuildingOf New Jersey at time of completion

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Robert Smith designed Nassau Hall
this entity surface form: Nassau Hall (colonial college building)
Robert Smith notableWork Nassau Hall