Old Queens - Old Queens Campus

Old Queens Campus

The Old Queens Campus as a whole was recognized with inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Other buildings neighboring Old Queens on the Old Queens Campus, presently include or previously included:

President's House (1841, demolished 1948 in a hurricane)
Van Nest Hall (1845)
Daniel S. Schanck Observatory (1865)
Geology Hall (1872)
Kirkpatrick Chapel (1873)
Winants Hall (1890)

The Old Queens campus is accessed through four gateways, the Henry Rutgers Baldwin Gateway (erected 1901) on College Avenue, named for Henry Rutgers Baldwin (Class of 1849), the Class of 1883 Memorial Gateway (erected in 1904) at the corner of George and Somerset Streets, the Class of 1882 Gateway (erected 1907) at the corner of Somerset Street and College Avenue, and the Class of 1902 Memorial Gateway (erected in 1904) on Hamilton Street leading to the Voorhees Mall and the academic buildings on Rutgers University's College Avenue Campus. It is through this last gate that graduating seniors walk during Commencement exercises in May.

Located in front of Old Queens, the Class of 1877 Cannon commemorates both the Rutgers-Princeton Cannon War and several alumni who have served in the United States military. As a tradition during commencement, those graduating break clay pipes over the cannon as a symbol of breaking ties with their "pipe dreams" of youth and embarking into adulthood.