Constructed in 1756, Nassau Hall was named for King William III of Orange at the suggestion of the University’s (then referred to as the College of New Jersey) major benefactor, Governor Jonathan ...

It was William III, Prince of Orange (1650-1702) who endowed the College of William and Mary in 1693 and is recognized at Princeton University with Nassau Hall. The building was going to be named ...

Henry Dawkins (engraver) after a drawing by William Tennent, “A North-West Prospect of Nassau-Hall, with a Front View of the President’s House, in New Jersey.” Engraved frontispiece for: An Account of ...