ALBERT EINSTEIN'S HOUSE..
No entry is allowed to any person but you can take a photograph from the street or sidewalks. There are two small but prominently visible plaques / Notice boards for visitors; one hanging on the outer gate and other on the steps leading to Verandah of the building declaring boldly " Private Residence".
So every visitor is required to take notice and avoid any trespassing attempt.
From the main entrance of Princeton University, the house is just 1km away. You need to take a left turn from Palmer Square and you are on Mercer street. Walk about half a mile and you can see this house on left side of the road.
After his divorce from Mileva Maric, Einstein moved to 112 Mercer
Street in Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey. “The Albert Einstein House” was his home in the United States, where he lived with his second
wife Elsa from 1935 until his death in 1955. This small and simple
house was built before 1876. It is a private house that Einstein's
wife Elsa had purchased in her own name.
Many bright ideas came
to the greatest mind in this very house. Inside a room, Einstein would
play Mozart or Bach on his favourite Violin .
The current
owner does not allow public entry. You can take a photograph but it is a
private property though listed as a place of historical importance in
US National Register of historic places.
Einstein had willed that this house may not be made a Museum. In 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs Indira Gandhi met Einstein in this house .
Einstein had willed that this house may not be made a Museum. In 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs Indira Gandhi met Einstein in this house .
It is quite pertinent to
mention that Albert Einstein (1879–1955) was living in Bern Switzerland
when his Theory of Relativity totally changed our perceptions of Time
and space . Accordingly, a grand Museum covering approximately 1000
Sq metres of space known as ' Einsteinhaus or Einstein Museum Bern
Switzerland 'offers a detailed peep into the life and achievements of
the physicist.
This small cottage in Princeton (No 112)
painted in white is located on Mercer Street . Presently, Somebody ,
May be a caretaker is living in this house.
No entry is allowed to any person but you can take a photograph from the street or sidewalks. There are two small but prominently visible plaques / Notice boards for visitors; one hanging on the outer gate and other on the steps leading to Verandah of the building declaring boldly " Private Residence".
So every visitor is required to take notice and avoid any trespassing attempt.
From the main entrance of Princeton University, the house is just 1km away. You need to take a left turn from Palmer Square and you are on Mercer street. Walk about half a mile and you can see this house on left side of the road.
1955, the house passed to his stepdaughter
and well known Sculptor Margot Einstein. She owned the house until her
death in 1986. Einstein’s home was also occupied by Nobel Laureate
and well known physicist Frank Wilczek( who was a professor at Princeton
for sometime ) and later owned by Eric Maskin and his family until
2012.
( Einstein riding a bicycle in the US)
The house remains a private
property even though it is owned by the Institute of
Advanced studies Princeton University where Einstein worked as
professor of Theoretical Physics and where from he retired in 1945. He Continued to remain visiting Professor of Princeton
University till his death.
Einstein moved to America in 1933 , joined Princeton in 1935 and became American citizen in 1940.
After short illness , Einstein died on April 18, 1955 at the age of
76. As he hated personality cult, he prohibited any funeral service.
Only his closest relatives and friends joined his funeral.
(Avtar Mota)
PS
The adjacent Building to Einestein's residence ( with American Flag fluttering high ) is some office. There is a
beautiful park near the house . Princeton club is near by. I was told by
a neighbour that some caretaker is living in the house. A group of
tourists from Japan were waiting for me to finish my video recording
as they had come with Tripods and cameras for filming the house . This was
my second trip to Princeton ..
Video at ....
https://www.facebook.com/autar.mota1/videos/2110237352333425/
Video at ....
The uploaded Painting is by Van Gogh that i photographed inside the Princeton University Museum of Art . Saw students from so many Asian , African and European countries studying in this great university. Came to
know that Dr Shamit Kachru well known Scientist in USA is an alumni of
this university.
Donated a book " Talks on Bhagwat Gita by Vinova Bhave " that i had brought from India to Princeton
University Library(Firestone Library).
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