Princeton Club
- Architect
- Frank Furness
- Style
- Colonial Revival
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
- Collection
- furness's gilded city
The Princeton Club occupies a pair of 1890s buildings at 1221 and 1223 Locust Street, the one at 1223 designed by Frank Furness and its neighbor at 1221 believed to be partly the work of architect Lindley Johnson. The Princeton Club of Philadelphia, founded in 1868 to foster fellowship among Princeton University alumni, moved in in 1910 and joined the two buildings together with alterations in 1915 and 1919.
the building
From club to restaurants. After the Princeton Club left in the 1970s, the buildings became the restaurant Deux Cheminees from 1988 to 2007, and since 2011 have housed the restaurant Vedge.
the style
The buildings were designed in the Colonial Revival style during the 1890s, before their conversion into a private social club and later into restaurant space.
More on Colonial Revivalthe architect
Frank Furness, one of the most significant American architects of his era, designed the building at 1223 Locust Street; the neighboring 1221 is believed to have been partly designed by Lindley Johnson.
significance
The Princeton Club is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- St. James Hotel
- Dr. Joseph Leidy House
- Church of St. Luke and The Epiphany (Philadelphia)
- New Century Club
- Clarence B. Moore House
- Equitable Trust Building