Detroit Observatory, 1858
Year
1858
Completed in 1854 on a hill northeast of campus, the Detroit observatory demonstrated president Tappan's commitment to practical scientific education. Detroit businessmen, eager for an accurate timekeeping service, provided funding. director Franz Brunnow was UM's first ph.d. professor and became Tappan's son-in-law. the observatory, stripped of later additions and restored, with its two original telescopes, reopened as a museum in 1999.
Frame location: West side of State Street north of the walk on the north side of the Michigan Union, facing east
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University of Michigan - Buildings
Detroit Observatory
Education
University of Michigan
University of Michigan - President
University of Michigan - Faculty & Staff
Museums
Historic Buildings
Henry Philip Tappan
Franz Brunnow
Downtown Ann Arbor Historical Street Exhibit Program
Site 14b: University of Michigan Campus, 1907