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| Location | 5 Prospect Ave, Princeton, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′51.2″N 74°39′16.0″W / 40.347556°N 74.654444°W |
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Raleigh C. Gildersleeve |
| Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
| Part of | Princeton Historic District (ID75001143[1]) |
| Added to NRHP | 27 June 1975 |
Campus Club was one of the undergraduate eating clubs at Princeton University. Located on the corner of Washington Road and Prospect Avenue, Campus was founded in 1900. It was one of the eating clubs that abandoned the selective bicker process to choose members non-selectively, a status it held for over twenty years.
In an attempt to restore the waning popularity of the club, the club's board pressured the undergraduate officers to reinstate bicker in 2004, causing Campus to become one of six selective clubs (out of eleven total clubs). However, due to the unpopularity of bicker among its members, the club returned to being a sign-in club in the spring of 2005. Facing another year of exceptionally low membership and resulting financial trouble, Campus Club closed later the same year.
In November 2005, the former members and alumni of Campus Club voted to donate the building to the university, under the condition that the 11,000 sq ft (1,000 m2) mansion remain a social venue for Princeton students.
After undergoing renovations for over two years, Campus Club reopened on September 18, 2009, as a clubhouse open to all members of the Princeton community.
- ^ "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.