Faxon also designed this second dormitory, which was located on a site to the southeast of Dod that commanded an impressive view to the south. Faxon conceived of a four-story Florentine palace, complete with a central courtyard measuring 67 feet by 44 feet.

The layout and the style were strongly influenced by the contemporaneous construction of apartment buildings in New York City designed by the prominent firm of McKim, Mead, and White. It contained 32 double rooms and 22 single rooms and cost about $100,000 to build.

Faxon's Brown Hall reflected the strong influence of the Renaissance Revival in American architecture of that decade. The first two floors were constructed of Cape Ann granite. As the Daily Princetonian reported, this stone was "laid in the Florentine Asher style, that is, with every stone cut to the same dimensions and every course having the same projection."

The top two floors, meanwhile, were made of Pompeian brick and trimmed with terra cotta and brick quoins. The whole building was topped off by a flat roof and battlements.

The Florentine arch that leads to the central courtyard provides the only access to the structure. A granite seat runs the length of the front facade.

Brown Hall was dedicated on September 21, 1892. It proved to be the last "Italian" building erected on the campus. Within five years, the College -- now as Princeton University -- had adopted the Collegiate Gothic style to the exclusion of all other styles.

Today Dod Hall and Brown Hall continue to serve as upperclass dormitories.