Mission
COTTAGE 1886 FOUNDATION, INC. (THE "FOUNDATION") WAS CREATED TO ESTABLISH, CONDUCT, MAINTAIN AND/OR SUPPORT UNDERTAKINGS AND ACTIVITIES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, SCIENTIFIC, LITERARY OR EDUCATIONAL IN PURPOSE, INCL. PARTICULARLY, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, UNDERTAKINGS & ACTIVITIES INTENDED TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATION OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE UNIVERSITY COTTAGE CLUB (THE "CLUB") (A NJ NONPROFIT CORP.) AND THEIR GUESTS, SUCH AS LECTURE PROGRAMS, SEMINARS, CULTURAL EVENTS & THE ENHANCEMENT OF LIBRARY FACILITIES AND OTHER FACILITIES DIRECTLY RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL FUNCTIONS. OPERATIONS WERE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE OWNED AND OCCUPIED BY THE CLUB AND TO EDUCATE THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE BUILDING. DURING 1999, THE CLUB WAS ENTERED ONTO THE NJ REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.