Wilde Observatory

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Wilde Observatory, with Teachers College in the background

The Wilde Astronomical Observatory was a tiny ground level observatory built for the Astronomy Department in 1906-1907[1] on the northwest corner of the Grove. It would be demolished when Pupin Physics Laboratories was built on the site, and it's function replaced by the Rutherford Observatory on the roof of Pupin.[2]

References

  1. The Annual Report of the President and Treasurer to the Trustees for the year ending June 30, 1907 makes note of the "recently installed and equipped" observatory on page 80
  2. I'm presuming that this is the case since they would roughly be in the same place.