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Description: Reverse reads: "Cin. Observatory" Cincinnati Observatory is a Greek Revival style building designed by Sammuel Hannaford, and was built atop [Mount Adams/Mount Ida, Ohio], a hill that overlooks downtown Cincinnati. The cornerstone was laid on November 9, 1843, and presiding over the occasion was former President John Quincy Adams. At 77 years old, it was to be his last public speech, and Mount Ida was renamed to Mount Adams in his honor. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11 inch and 16 inch refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States. In 1871, the Observatory came under the control of the University of Cincinnati and in 1873 it was moved from Mt. Adams to Mt. Lookout, where it remains today. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and in 1998 the Observatory became a National Historic Landmark. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B03F14_009_1
Subjects: Cincinnati Observatory (Ohio); Cincinnati (Ohio). Mount Adams; National Register of Historic Places; National Historic Landmark Program (U.S.)
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)