Observatory / BL003929
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- Title
- Observatory
- Date
- 1911-1924 (ca)
- Collection Title
- Alumni Association (University of Michigan) records
- Collection Creator
- University of Michigan. Alumni Association.
- Box / Drawer
- 135
- Folder / Container / Volume
- Observatory
- Notes
- Richard Harrison Bull, architect. Building completed in the summer of 1854. Residence wing for the director added in 1868, expanded in 1905-1906, and finally removed to facilitate the enlargement of Couzens Hall in 1954. East wing, with a larger dome and a more powerful telescope, begun in 1908 and completed in 1909; torn down in 1976. Named "The Detroit Observatory of the University of Michigan" until 1931 when it was changed to "The Observatory of the University of Michigan." In 1999, the name was officially changed to "The University of Michigan Detroit Observatory."
- .Looking southwest. Likely taken sometime between 1911 and 1924 since there doesn’t seem to be a visible power plant smokestack.
- Subjects
- Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan)
- University of Michigan--Buildings
- Astronomical observatories--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Universities & colleges--Michigan--Ann Arbor
- Item Number
- BL003929
- Finding Aid
- umich-bhl-8730
- Source of Title
- supplied
- Scan Source
- 5.125x 8.5 b/w print
- Repository
- Bentley Historical Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-03-10 04:56:37
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- Image Size
- 6802 x 4239
- File Size
- 819 KB
- Record
- BL003929
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhl/x-bl003929/bl003929
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