Birthplace and home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, this 1758 house was ransacked during the 1776-1777 British occupation of Princeton. General Washington visited the house several times. He lunched here with General Rochambeau on their way to Yorktown and was a guest of the Stockton family while headquartered at nearby Rockingham in the final days of the war. The Continental Congress was honored at a dinner in the house celebrating the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783. On display are changing exhibits of fine, folk and decorative arts.

Next door is the Princeton Battle Monument (Stockton Street at Route 206). Built on the site of British defensive works, sculptor Frederick MacMonnies' memorial was dedicated in 1922.



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