Built about 1725, your Maybury Hill was the boyhood home of Joseph Hewes here in northern Princeton. Built about 1725, this 2½‑story masonry house was the birthplace and boyhood home of Joseph Hewes (1730–1779), later a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971 for its association with Hewes, but it remains a private residence not open to the public.
Take in the building’s simple, sturdy profile: a gabled roof with brick chimneys at each gable end, woodframe ells to the side and rear, and fieldstone walls that were finished in the 20th century in concrete. Inside, the plan follows a classic central hall arrangement, with the staircase rising in the main hall, a parlor to the left that extends the full depth of the main block, and the dining room and kitchen to the right. Original features survive: exposed beams and wooden paneling, and a tiled fireplace that anchor these rooms to the 18th century.
Picture a young Joseph Hewes here, then notice Snowden Lane and the nearby corners of Maybury Hill Road and Overbrook Drive that frame this residential setting.