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The Peacock Inn
Princeton, New Jersey, United States · Ascend Hotel Collection · Near Luxury
William Libbey moved this entire eighteenth-century house from Nassau Street to Bayard Lane in 1875. Joseph and Helen O'Connor opened it as the Peacock Inn in 1911, borrowing the name from a Derbyshire inn; sixteen rooms now share the Princeton address with The Perch, while the basement remembers its Prohibition life as Peacock Alley.
- 16 rooms
- Opened 1911
- Architect: Rolf Bauhan
About The Peacock Inn
- Albert Einstein stayed ten days in 1933. F. Scott Fitzgerald was a guest. The basement speakeasy was Peacock Alley; John Held Jr. drawings turned up there in 2006.
- The Perch has long been the dining room. Sixteen rooms. Genesis Hospitality bought the inn in 2018.
History
The Peacock Inn in Princeton, New Jersey, occupies a mansion built in the 1770s (dated to 1775) that originally stood on Nassau Street as the home of Jonathan Deare, a member of the Continental Congress. In 1875, William Libbey III had the house moved to its present site at 20 Bayard Lane.
The building opened as the Peacock Inn in 1911 under Joseph and Helen O'Connor, who named it after an inn in Derbyshire, England. Over the decades it hosted notable guests including Albert Einstein, who stayed for ten days in 1933, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Its basement once housed a Prohibition-era speakeasy nicknamed 'Peacock Alley.' The 16-room inn was acquired by Genesis Hospitality in 2018 after an earlier 2010 renovation and reopening.
The setting
At 20 Bayard Lane, Princeton, in the Deare house. Nassau Street is where the house stood until 1875.
Restaurants and bars
- The Perch at The Peacock Inn — Restaurant
- The Perch — Restaurant · fine dining
Amenities
- Complimentary valet parking
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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