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Morven, known officially as Morven Museum & Garden, is a historic house at 55 Stockton Street in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, United States.

History
The land was originally part of a 5500 acre tract purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton in 1701. In 1754, his grandson, [[Richard Stockton (1730-1781) acquired 150 acre of the original lot and built the house. His wife, Annis Boudinot Stockton named the house "Morven" from a poem by Ossian. Commodore Robert Stockton (1795-1869) lived in the house. Robert Wood Johnson II was the first non-Stockton to live there when he leased the home after Bayard Stockton died in 1932. In 1944  Walter E. Edge, the New Jersey Governor purchased Morven. The sale had a deed restriction that the property would be given to New Jersey within two years of Edge's death. Edge ultimately transferred possession of Morven to the state during 1954, several years before he died. Morven became the Governor's Mansion until Drumthwacket was used starting in 1982.

Owners

 * Richard Stockton I from 1701 till 1707
 * John Stockton from 1707
 * Richard Stockton (1730-1781)
 * Robert Field Stockton (1795-1869)
 * Walter E. Edge from 1944 to 1954
 * Governor’s Mansion from 1954 to 1981
 * Museum 1982 to now