Westland Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name =Grover Cleveland Home
nrhp_type = nhl


caption = Westland, home of Grover Cleveland, shown in 2008
location= 15 Hodge Road, Princeton, New Jersey
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 4.63
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 74
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 3.72
long_direction = W
locmapin = New Jersey
area =
built =mid-1800s
architect=
architecture=
designated= June 23, 1965 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=326&ResourceType=Building
title=Grover Cleveland Home|date=2008-06-23|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000463cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] [ [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceID=326&resourceType=Building NHL Details] ]

Westland Mansion was the Princeton, New Jersey home of the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States, Grover Cleveland.

The house was built by Robert F. Stockton in the mid-19th century. The National Park Service describes the original house, patterned after Morven, a nearby 18th-century mansion also owned by Robert Stockton, as a "2-1/2-story, stone structure covered with stucco painted yellow, [with] twin parlors on the first floor, spacious rooms, high ceilings, and handsome marble mantelpieces."

Purchased by Cleveland after his second term as president in 1896, the former chief executive lived there from 1897 until his death in 1908. In that time period, Cleveland dramatically altered his home by adding a two story wing to the house. Cleveland's widow, Frances, continued to reside in the house for many years after his death. Today, Westland, while in pristine condition, is privately owned, and thus not open to the public. [ [http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/Presidents/site36.htm National Park Service site on Westland] ]

References