First Whig floor plans
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Beam, American Whig Society of Princeton, p.92
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Beam, American Whig Society of Princeton, p.92
The Halls continued to play a prominent role in the social and intellectual life of the campus through the turn of the century. A diagram of the floor plan of the first Whig, for instance, suggests a fine facility with a spacious library and reading room downstairs and a large assembly room on the second floor. Whig, which tended to attract more affluent students, was especially luxuriously appointed inside. As another indication of the power of the Halls at this point in the College's history, the main meeting rooms in both buildings were the largest indoor spaces on the campus, except for the Prayer Hall in Nassau Hall.