Author: rogerbartel

This is the oldest photo I’ve been able to find online of early Princeton. It was taken in the early 1870s, probably 1873-74. We can

Surprisingly, the City of Princeton Historical Walking Tour plaque regarding Turner Hall, known when we were kids as the Princeton Theater, at 429 West Water

Wrong. This building was built in 1870 by insurance agent Josiah Luce at the same time as the adjacent Thiel double building (508-512 West Water).

This photo is mislabeled on the City of Princeton’s Historical Walking Tour website as 614 West Water Street. There was no brick building at 614

Errors in three of the plaques on the City of Princeton’s Historical Walking Tour can be traced to a lack of knowledge of local banking

This plaque on the City of Princeton’s Historical Walking Tour repeats an error made in a 1970s account of local history despite information to the