Palmer House

Palmer House, named for charter trustee and benefactor Edgar Palmer, was bequeathed to the University by his widow in 1968 on condition that it be used exclusively for ``college purposes'' for at least twenty-five years. Mrs. Palmer also left $250,000 for the development of the house and grounds and a $200,000 trust fund to provide for maintenance. Since its acquisition Palmer House has been used to provide accommodations and meeting rooms for trustees and guests of the University.

Situated at the northeast corner of Bayard Lane and Nassau Street, it was designed and built by Charles Steadman in 1825 for the daughter of John Potter, wealthy merchant of Charleston, South Carolina, who had married the naval hero, Robert F. Stockton 1813. In 1923 it became the home of Edgar Palmer '03, a charter trustee from 1936 to 1949, who gave Palmer Stadium in memory of his father, Stephen S. Palmer, also a trustee and the donor of Palmer Hall.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).