It remains the oldest building on the Rutgers University campus. Classes were held through the American Revolution in various taverns and boarding houses, and at a building known as College Hall on George Street, until Old Queens was erected in 1808. Classes began in 1771 with one instructor, one sophomore, Matthew Leydt, and several freshmen at a tavern called "The Sign of the Red Lion" on the corner of Albany and Neilson Streets (now the grounds of the Johnson & Johnson corporate headquarters). The Trustees of Queen's College (now Rutgers University), founded in 1766, voted to locate the young college in New Brunswick, selecting the city over Hackensack, in Bergen County, New Jersey. John Neilson, in New Brunswick on July 9, 1776, in the days following its promulgation by the Continental Congress. The Declaration of Independence received one of its first public readings, by Col. It was occupied by the British in the winter of 1776–1777 during the Revolutionary War. It was incorporated into a town in 1798 as part of the Township Act of 1798. New Brunswick was incorporated as a town in 1736 and chartered as a city in 1784. During the Colonial and Early American periodsĬentrally located between New York City and Philadelphia along an early thoroughfare known as the King's Highway and situated along the Raritan River, New Brunswick became an important hub for Colonial travelers and traders. Alternatively, the city gets its name from King George II of Great Britain, the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Shortly after the first settlement of New Brunswick in colonial New Jersey, George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Elector of Hanover, of the House of Hanover (also known as the House of Brunswick), became King George I of Great Britain (1660–1727). Braunschweig was an influential and powerful city in the Hanseatic League, later in the Holy Roman Empire, and was an administrative seat for the Duchy (and later Principality) of Hanover. In 1714, the settlement was given the name New Brunswick, after the city of Braunschweig (called Brunswick in the Low German language), in state of Lower Saxony, in Germany. The settlement here was called Prigmore's Swamp (1681–1697), then known as Inian's Ferry (1691–1714). The first European settlement at the site of New Brunswick was made in 1681. It was first inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans. Demolition, revitalization and redevelopment.During the Colonial and Early American periods.The Hungarian community continues to exist, alongside growing Asian and Hispanic communities that have developed around French Street near Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. At one time, one quarter of the Hungarian population of New Jersey resided in the city and in the 1930s one out of three city residents was Hungarian. New Brunswick is noted for its ethnic diversity. Due to the concentration of medical facilities in the area, including Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Saint Peter's University Hospital, as well as Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey's Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick is known as "the Hub City." The corporate headquarters and production facilities of several global pharmaceutical companies are situated in the city, including Johnson & Johnson and Bristol-Myers Squibb. At the 2010 United States Census, the population of New Brunswick was 55,181, reflecting an increase of 6,608 (+13.6%) from the 48,573 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 6,862 (+16.5%) from the 41,711 counted in the 1990 Census. The city is located on the Northeast Corridor rail line, 27 miles (43 km) southwest of Manhattan, on the southern bank of the Raritan River. It is the county seat of Middlesex County, and the home of Rutgers University. The City of New Brunswick is a city in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Smith to Lew Dockstader in December 1923 on Dockstader's fall at what is now the State Theater.
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