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Olden House

Olden House is a New Jersey historical marker in Mercer County.

Marker is on Stockton Road (U.S. 206).

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At Washington's request, the Olden family cared for British wounded in this house after the Battle of Princeton.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1777 · Plan of the operations of General Washington, against the Kings troops in New Jersey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1872 · Delaware, Montgomery, Bucks counties. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Atlas of New Jersey, Counties of Middlesex and Monmouth. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Map of The State of New Jersey (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1888 · 8 Trenton. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

8 Trenton, 1888, covering the location of Olden House, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 8 Trenton, 1888, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Olden House

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