The Peacock Inn

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20 Bayard Lane
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609) 924-1707
www.peacockinn.com/restaurant/

The mansion now at 20 Bayard Lane, Princeton NJ dates back to the mid-1700's when it was built on the corner of Main Street (now Nassau Street) and Railroad Avenue (now University Place). Jonathan Deare, a member of the Continental Congress purchased the property from Thomas Stockton in 1779. According to “Hageman’s Princeton,” he offered members of the Continental Congress two rooms with fireplaces, two beds with bedding, breakfast and tea for two and dinner for four. It was moved to its present location in 1875 when it was purchased by the Princeton Hotel Company, and was opened as an Inn and has been operating as one ever since. In 1911 the Inn was purchased by Joseph and Helen O’Connor and they named it The Peacock Inn after an Inn in the English Midlands which used the peacock as a symbol of good food, royalty, and good luck. It served as a local hang out for Princeton University students, and many luminaries, including Albert Einstein and F. Scott Fitzgerald, have been known to eat, drink and fraternize at the Inn. It was refurbished and reopened in early 2010.