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DAY TRIP: Princeton charming

The Greenwood Cottage, Taylor Home catches the eye with its lavender shade. It was built by Joseph Inskeep Taylor, who used the American style guide of Andrew Jackson Downing for this Gothic Revival home. Downing believed a home should be designed in harmony with nature. (Andrea Mills)

The Greenwood Cottage, Taylor Home catches the eye with its lavender shade. It was built by Joseph Inskeep Taylor, who used the American style guide of Andrew Jackson Downing for this Gothic Revival home. Downing believed a home should be designed in harmony with nature. (Andrea Mills)

The Priestley Home in Princeton was built about 1892 and is one of 33 sites listed in Princeton’s self-guided Architectural Heritage tour. (Andrea Mills)

A Swiss architect created the Cooper Home. The prominent oriel window (bay window on second floor) was designed for the owner’s invalid child in order have a good view of the neighborhood. (Andrea Mills)

Built in 1919, the A.H. Peterson Home is in the Bungalow style, a style that became one of the most common among American homes andoriginated in British-controlled India. (Andrea Mills)

This house at 209 Euclid Ave is done in the Worker’s Cottage style, which got its name due to its popularity among the working class. (Andrea Mills)

Made of brick, the Virden Home used to be a farmhouse. It shows off its Italianate style elegantly, with a touch of Colonial Revival in the porch. (Andrea Mills)

The houses in Princeton are like an architectural melting pot. The Johnson Home, built in 1904, has Queen Anne, Prairie Square and Colonial Revival. (Andrea Mills)