Smith_Observatory_and_Dr._William_R._Brooks_House

Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House

Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House

Historic house in New York, United States

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.[2]

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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.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Nancy L. Todd (December 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying 12 photos".


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