Ivy Club

Ivy Club
The current clubhouse as viewed from Prospect Avenue in a 1909 photographic postcard
Ivy Club is located in Mercer County, New Jersey
Ivy Club
Ivy Club is located in New Jersey
Ivy Club
Ivy Club is located in the United States
Ivy Club
Location43 Prospect Ave, Princeton, New Jersey
Coordinates40°20′53.4″N 74°39′08.0″W / 40.348167°N 74.652222°W / 40.348167; -74.652222
Built1897
ArchitectCope and Stewardson
Architectural styleJacobethan
Part ofPrinceton Historic District (ID75001143[1])
Added to NRHP27 June 1975

The Ivy Club, often simply Ivy, is the oldest eating club at Princeton University.[2] It was founded in 1879 with Arthur Hawley Scribner as its first head.[3]

  1. ^ "Princeton Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ^ Yazigi, Monique (May 16, 1999). "At Ivy Club, A Trip Back to Elitism". New York Times. Retrieved February 2, 2011.
  3. ^ "A. H. Scribner Dead. Headed Book Firm. Son of Founder of Noted Publishing House Is Victim of Heart Attack in His Sleep. Was Active for Princeton. Permanent President of His Class of '81 and an Organizer and First Head of the Ivy Club". New York Times. July 4, 1932. Retrieved 2008-07-24.