Observatory Garage
Address60, Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number665F
Building Root Number
04196
Architect (Original)
Unknown
Constructed
1935
Building Acquired 1935
Building Acquired 1935
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function.Historical NotesThe Harvard College Observatory is a complex of buildings, in the Garden Street district of Cambridge, which forms a portion of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The Observatory was founded in 1839 with the appointment of William Cranch Bond as the Astronomical Observer to the University. The first telescope was installed in 1847.Additional Information
"Real Estate and Building." Cambridge Chronicle 28 May 1892: 3. Cambridge Chronicle. Web. 25 May 2017.