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.
Alexander Johnston Hall.
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey ---------- 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.
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey ---------- 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.
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
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.