History
Cloister Inn was founded in 1912. The present building was constructed in 1924. It has been an "eating club" since 1977.
More recently, Cloister received mention in Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason's 2004 bestselling novel The Rule of Four. Caldwell, a 1998 graduate of Princeton, was a member of Cloister.
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