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'''Nassau Hall''' (or colloquially '''Old Nassau''') is the oldest building at [[Princeton University]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], [[New Jersey]], United States.<ref>Orange Key Virtual Tour. [https://www.princeton.edu/~oktour/virtualtour/english/Stop08.htm Stop 8 "Front Campus" (including Nassau Hall)] on the Princeton University website. Retrieved 29 June 2013.</ref>
The university, originally known as the ''College of New Jersey'', held classes for one year in [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]] and nine years in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] before the hall was completed in 1756. Designed originally by [[Robert Smith (architect)|Robert Smith]], the building was subsequently remodeled by notable American architects [[Benjamin Latrobe]], after the 1802 fire, and [[John Notman]], after the 1855 fire. In the early years of Princeton University, Nassau Hall accommodated classrooms, a library, a chapel, and residential space for students and faculty. It housed the university's first [[Princeton University Department of Psychology|Department of Psychology]], for example.
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