Which building served as the exterior of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D.?

Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center served as the exterior of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in House M.D. The building appears in establishing shots that identify the show’s fictional medical setting.

Frist Campus Center is a real student center on Princeton University’s campus in Princeton, New Jersey. Its recognizable architecture allowed the production to suggest a large university-affiliated hospital without constructing an entire exterior location. The series then combined those views with interior sets and other filming locations.

This production detail is a common source of trivia because Princeton-Plainsboro itself does not exist as a real hospital. The fictional name was created for the story, while the university building supplied a credible visual backdrop. The show’s setting therefore blends invented institutions with real New Jersey and California locations.

Frist Campus Center is sometimes confused with Nassau Hall, another famous Princeton building. Nassau Hall is a historic university structure, but it is not the building used for the hospital exterior in House M.D.