Section and plan of burnt remains sketched by Benjamin Latrobe (1802-03)
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Nassau Hall Iconography
Princeton University. Property of the Trustees of Princeton University.
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Nassau Hall Iconography
The fire of 1802 left only the outside walls of Nassau Hall standing. To restore the building the trustees called on Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the first professional architect in America, who later worked on the restoration of the national capital after it was burned in 1814.
Source: Leitch p. 328ff