Frelinghuysen Hall (New Brunswick, New Jersey)

USA / New Jersey / New Brunswick / New Brunswick, New Jersey / George Street, 611
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Residence Hall on College Ave., one of the "River Dorms"

Named after Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen, this building was erected in 1956. Born in 1691 at Lingen on the Elms, Germany; Died c. 1748; Reformed Dutch clergyman; licensed in 1717 by the Classis of Emden; Chapain at the Logumer Voorwerk in East Friesland, and the Subrector at Enkhuizen on the Zuiderzee in West Friesland, 1718; became pastor of congregations at Raritan, New Brunswick, Six-Mile Run, Three-Mile Run, and North Branch in the Raritan Valley in New Jersey, 1720; Prominent figure of the Great Awakening in the middle colonies; early advocate of the establishment of a college and theological seminary; exact date of death and location of grave unknown. Source: Catalouge of Buildings and Place Names at Rutgers.
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Coordinates:   40°30'14"N   74°26'54"W

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  • Watched the Raritan River rise and fall with the tides leaving small islands midriver occuppied by the birds.
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