1872: Halsted Observatory
View in photo from album circa 1876
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View during construction in 1868
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Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 56
View from southeast, with Bonner-Marquand Gymnasium in the foreground and Halstead Observatory in background, 1871
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Photo from album
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, Box 56
View from the south, with Campbell Hall on right and Halsted Observatory at left, before 1932
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Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Grounds & Buildings, SP 1
Halsted Observatory was Princeton's first building dedicated to astronomy. It was built through the efforts of Stephen Alexander, Professor of Astronomy, and stood on Alexander Place from 1869 to 1932.
Charles Augustus Young, known to students as "Twinkle," was the first Director of the Observatory.
Halsted Observatory in Evolution of the Campus
(For more information on Halsted Observatory)
Source: Princeton University Archives, Mudd Library, Album, c.1876 [P09.116]