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Colross

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Colross is a Georgian style mansion built around 1800 as the center of a large plantation in what is now the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia. It was moved around 1930 to Princeton, New Jersey, where it now serves as the administration building of Princeton Day School. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Building Type
Mansion 1
Building Type
Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
New Jersey, United States 2
Completed Year
1800 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
Building Type (category)
Mansion 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Connections

Has Building Type

Mansion, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

Plantation House, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Georgian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Colross (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Brick, Architectural Materials
Source Colross (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Colross (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia categories
    Category:Houses completed in 1800
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Colross is a Georgian style mansion built around 1800 as the center of a large plantation in what is now the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia. It was moved around 1930 to Princeton, New Jersey, where it now serves as the administration building of Princeton Day School.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (mansion)
    Colross (also historically known as Belle Air and Grasshopper Hall) is a Georgian style mansion built around 1800 as the center of a large plantation in what is now the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, and moved circa 1930 to Princeton, New Jersey, where it is currently the administration building of Princeton Day School. The Colross property originally occupied the entire 1100 block
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation)
    Colross (also historically known as Belle Air and Grasshopper Hall) is a Georgian style mansion built around 1800 as the center of a large plantation in what is now the Old Town neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, and moved circa 1930 to Princeton, New Jersey, where it is currently the administration building of Princeton Day School. The Colross property originally occupied the entire 1100 block
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Georgian
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2. Colross (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 397399): New Jersey, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement (EntityId 397399): New Jersey, United States
Wikidata item Q5149360, property P131/P17 (location): New Jersey, United States
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Wikidata: Colross
Wikidata Q5149360, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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