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Lowell Observatory, 1400 West Mars Hill Road, Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ
Summary
Significance: Founded in 1894, by Bostonian Percival Lowell in Flagstaff, it is an important landmark in the history of astronomy. The observatory's unique historic structures stand as examples of changing technology in the field of astronomy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and its mountain location and placement of instruments in separate structures were forerunners of modern observatory arrangement...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N165
Survey number: HABS AZ-206
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000172
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Balachwski, transmitter
Jacobsen, Rebecca, historian
Location
Flagstaff (Ariz.), 35.19828, -111.65130
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
