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Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 4.75w x 3.5h ; Type of Image: Exterior ; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Exterior
Photographic print
Place:
Princeton (N.J.)
Date:
1965
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
See SIA2012-2992 for Henry's house at its first location.
Printed in Torch, May 1965, page 4.
Joseph Henry's house was built in 1838. The house has sat in four different places at Princeton having moved around the campus three times from its original location.
Summary:
House of Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution from 1846 to 1878, in Princeton, New Jersey. Before Henry came to the Smithsonian, he was a professor at Princeton University. The house that he lived in on campus still stands and has been designated a National Historical Landmark.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 1, Folder: May 1965
