Casino

Joseph Miller Huston, 1895 (1924)

The Casino was a clubhouse and student center built in the 19th century, housing an auditorium, dance floor, stage, and two tennis courts. It functioned as Triangle club’s first performance venue when it was built in 1895, before accidentally burning down in 1924. The architect, Joseph Miller Huston, class of 1892, was a proponent of the Beaux Arts style in his later buildings, a style which combined Gothic, Renaissance, and Neoclassical elements. We can see the seeds of that style in this building, which he designed at the beginning of his career, three years after graduating Princeton. The Casino has square pilasters flanking each window, a renaissance inspired detail, juxtaposed with the octagonal corner, which recalls Gothic design.

Oliver Nusbaum '22/Raymond Park '21