Albert Einstein House

The Einstein residence is a single-family wooden home on Mercer Street in Princeton, New Jersey. The structure sits about 136 meters back from the street and offers several rooms and two bathrooms across roughly 341 square meters of living space.

The scientist moved into this building in 1935 and remained until his death in 1955. He chose the home because of its proximity to the Institute for Advanced Study, where he worked until the end of his life.

The name of the house refers directly to the physicist who spent two decades here and kept his study on the upper floor. Visitors recognize the building by its plain wooden facade typical of American homes from the early twentieth century.

The institute owns the building today as a private home, and only views from the street are possible. Those wanting to see it can find the house easily on Mercer Street, though the interior remains closed to the public.

The resident explicitly requested his home not become a museum, yet it received National Historic Landmark status in 1976. Some of the original furnishings, including an eighteenth-century Austrian table, are now preserved by the Historical Society of Princeton.

Location: Princeton

GPS coordinates: 40.34430,-74.66630

Latest update: December 5, 2025 22:23