When I think of Witherspoon Street in Princeton Borough, I immediately think of Princeton Medical Center.
I did not realize that there was a real life John Witherspoon until I took a tour of the Princeton University Campus.
John Witherspoon was one of the signers of the Declaration of Indenpendence along with a being the sixth President of Princeton and from 1786 to 1782 a leading member of the Continental Congress.
Originally from Scotland where he was an ordained minister he came to Philadelphia in August of 1776 and then moved to Princeton.
Central New Jersey, Mercer County is rich in history and our founding fathers contributed to making this country what it is today.
A trip down Witherspoon Street, its shoppes, offices and restaurants will now remind me of the founding fathers of this great country.
This is a shop on the corner of Witherspoon Street and Nassau in downtown Princeton Borough. Once a dorm it is now the home of Hamilton Jewlers.
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