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]

Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	618-620 Castle Street, Geneva, New York
Coordinates	42°52′16″N 76°59′25″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888
NRHP reference No.	08000275[1]
Added to NRHP	April 11, 2008

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]

See also

• List of astronomical observatories

References

External links

• The Smith Observatory - Geneva, New York - Astronomical Observatories on Waymarking.com
• Smith Observatory website

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