University Hotel records, 1876-1887.

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University Hotel records, 1876-1887.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74214607

Consists of three volumes of guest registers and one scrapbook of sample forms from the University Hotel.

1.5 linear ft.

Princeton University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114809

Princeton University Library

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The University Hotel existed at the corner of Railroad Avenue (today University Place) and Nassau Street from 1876-1887. The land for the University Hotel was purchased in July 1875 by William Harris of the Princeton Hotel Company, a venture owned by notable Princeton figure William Libbey. The house existing on the plot was moved to Bayard Street (where it later operated as the Peacock Inn) and a hotel was built in its place. The University Hotel operated for a decade until 1886, when it was ta...