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Chamberlin Observatory

 Organization

Scope Note

Use for: University of Denver. Chamberlin Observatory.

Biography

Ground Breaking for Chamberlin Observatory (H.B. Chamberlin, donor; Cost, about $40,000) in June 13, 1888.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76); Steve Fisher, "University Park's Utopian Start," University of Denver magazine, Winter 2008; University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. Certificate. [U123.01.0002.0016]

Biography

Cornerstone for Chamberlin Observatory in 1890.

Sources

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg.76).

Biography

Chamberlin Observatory completed in 1894.

Biography

University of Denver Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 4, April, 1923, page 15.

Biography

On March 27, 1980, Chamberlin Observatory is added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Citation:
University of Denver. Special Collections and Archives. University of Denver Buildings Collection. NHRP Certificate.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Audience in Observatory Park, 1956 September

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0029.00008
Abstract

A large audience of unidentified persons sits in chairs set up on the grass to listen to an astronomy presentation near Chamberlin Observatory in Observatory Park in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1956 September
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 17: Buildings Centennial Towers - DU Curb Stone / Buildings - Chamberlin Observatory - Interior, 2

University of Denver Chamberlin Observatory, between 1894-1920

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0017.0030.00013
Abstract Exterior view of Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with a dirt road (later Warren Avenue) in the foreground and a farmhouse in the background. The observatory is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is named for Humphrey B. Chamberlin, a local land developer who donated $50,000 toward the project. The observatory was designed by Denver astronomer Herbert A. Howe, and the architect was Robert Sawyers Roeschlaub....
Dates: between 1894-1920
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 17: Buildings Centennial Towers - DU Curb Stone / Buildings - Chamberlin Observatory - Exterior, 1

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