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View from southwest, with Pennsylvania Railroad station in foreground (photo circa1878)

View from southwest, with Pennsylvania Railroad station in foreground (photo circa1878)

Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.

Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 11

Located on a commanding site overlooking the railroad station, Witherspoon guarded the western approach to the campus like a High Victorian Gothic castle. It was a far cry from the austere lodgings endured by previous generations of Princetonians.