Built 1888 Opened 1888 Added to NRHP 11 April 2008 | NRHP Reference # 08000275 Area 3,642 m² | |
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Location 618-620 Castle St., Geneva, New York Similar Finger Lakes, Rose Hill Mansion, Belhurst Castle, Seneca Lake | ||
Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House is a historic home and observatory located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. Both structures were built in 1888. The observatory is a small frame building consisting of a two-story tower flanked by two small wings. The tower contains a 10 inch refracting telescope by Warner & Swasey of Cleveland, Ohio. The east wing contains an intact meridian transit telescope and sidereal pendulum clock. The house is a two-story brick dwelling with a broad range of intact, late Victorian eclectic features.
Brooks was a Professor of Astronomy at Hobart College, which owned the observatory until the late 20th century
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
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