New Brunswick in Middlesex County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Alexander Johnston Hall

1830

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, January 19, 2013

1. Alexander Johnston Hall Marker

Inscription. Rutgers
The State University of New Jersey
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Alexander Johnston Hall
1830
----------Alexander Johnston Hall, the second oldest building at Rutgers, was designed by Nicholas Wyckoff in 1830 to provide a home for the Rutgers Preparatory School and the two student literary societies, Philoclean and Peithessophian. Forty years later, Henry Janeway Hardenberg, the architect of Kirkpatrick Chapel and Geology Hall, added a two-story wing to the north side of the building in 1870. Subsequently, a third story over the entire structure was added to serve as a gymnasium. The Rutgers Preparatory School remained in the building until 1963, when it moved to its current campus on Easton Avenue.

In 1964, the Rutgers Board of Governors renamed the building in honor of Alexander Johnson, an 1870 graduate of Rutgers College who taught classics in the Rutgers Preparatory School for ten years and wrote extensively on American history.
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
March 8, 1975
National Register of Historic Places
July 18, 1975

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical month for this entry is March 1848.

Location. 40° 29.87′ N, 74° 26.83′ W. Marker is in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in

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Middlesex County. Marker is at the intersection of College Avenue and Somerset Street, on the right when traveling south on College Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Brunswick NJ 08901, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Rutgers Preparatory School (a few steps from this marker); Winants Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Queen’s Campus (within shouting distance of this marker); St. Peter The Apostle University & Community Parish (within shouting distance of this marker); Van Nest Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint Peter the Apostle R.C. Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Rutgers 9/11 Memorial (about 300 feet away); Queen’s College (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Brunswick.

Marker in New Brunswick image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, January 19, 2013

2. Marker in New Brunswick

The marker can be seen to the left of the front door of Johnston Hall.

Photographed By Stephen Kokoska, July 13, 2016

3. Alexander Johnston Hall Marker

This marker is located on the side of the building facing Somerset Street

Alexander Johnston Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, January 19, 2013

4. Alexander Johnston Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on July 22, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 20, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 20, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on July 13, 2016, by Stephen Kokoska of North Brunswick, New Jersey. 4. submitted on January 20, 2013, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.