Morven (residence)

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Morven
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Morven in 2006.
Morven in 2006.
Location: Princeton, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40°20′50.97″N 74°40′1.03″W / 40.3474917, -74.6669528Coordinates: 40°20′50.97″N 74°40′1.03″W / 40.3474917, -74.6669528
Built/Founded: 1730
Architect: Unknown
Architectural style(s): Georgian
Designated as NHL: July 17, 1971
Added to NRHP: January 25, 1971
NRHP Reference#: 71000503 [1]
Governing body: State

Morven is a historic house in Princeton, New Jersey.

It was originally part of a 5500 acre tract purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton in 1701. In 1754, his grandson, Richard Stockton (1730-1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence, acquired 150 acres of this land and built the house. His wife, Annis Boudinot, was a poet and named their house "Morven" after a mythical Gaelic kingdom in a poem by Ossian. Commodore Robert Stockton (1795-1869) lived in the house. Robert Wood Johnson II, Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, was the first non Stockton to reside at Morven (1928-1944). He was followed by five New Jersey governors when Morven served as the state’s first Governor’s Mansion (1945-1981). In 1982, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion was relocated to nearby Drumthwacket and Morven became a museum.

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  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2006-03-15).

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