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Blair Hall was built in 1897 as a gift of John Insley Blair, a railroad magnate and Princeton trustee. It is a landmark of the campus and a masterpiece of the Tudor Gothic style by Cope and Stewardson.
Built in 1897, Blair Hall marked the western edge of campus for 20 years and its architects, the firm Cope & Stewardson, were masters of the Collegiate Gothic style. The arch also served as a gateway to the University for passengers disembarking from the train into town.
Blair Hall, the University's first collegiate Gothic dormitory, was a Sesquicentennial gift of John Insley Blair (1802-1899), a trustee of Princeton from 1866 to 1899. As a boy in Warren County, New Jersey, Blair left school at age eleven to work in a country store.
Blair Hall, the University's first collegiate Gothic dormitory, was a Sesquicentennial gift of John Insley Blair (1802-1899), a trustee of Princeton from 1866 to 1899. Blair Hall was designed by Cope and Stewardson, who were among the first to apply the Tudor Gothic style to American college dormitories.
Blair Hall. Princeton, NJ 08540. United States. Donated and named by John Insley Blair and DeWitt Clinton Blair, Class of 1856. First occupied in 1897. Property Features. Singles. Doubles. Quads. Hallway bathrooms. Laundry - 10th Entry, Basement. Property Amenities. Kitchenettes. Laundry. Printer Cluster. Study Lounge. TV Lounge.
Dec 13, 2022 · When John Stewardson and Walter Cope designed Blair Hall at Princeton in 1896, they little expected that it would become the springboard for a revolution in campus architecture throughout the U.S. The building, with its distinctive, Tudor-influenced arch, became the first example of Collegiate Gothic at a major university, and thereby ...
For all of Blair's architectural significance as Princeton's archetypal Collegiate Gothic building, it is actually modeled after an earlier Cope and Stewardson design, Rockefeller Hall at Bryn Mawr. Built in 1896, Rockefeller Hall was not as large as Blair, but the details of the towers were almost identical.
