Old Naval Observatory, [between 1867 and 1869]

ID: 2148

This file appears in: Old Naval Observatory (National Observatory; Naval Museum of Hygiene; Naval Medical School): As the original National Observatory, this building was the home of many notable scientific achievements in its day.

U.S. Observatory. [Washington, d.c.: photographed and published by bell & bro., washington, d.c., between 1867 and 1869] Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/92516247/. (Accessed February 23, 2017.)

Old Naval Observatory (National Observatory; Naval Museum of Hygiene; Naval Medical School): As the original National Observatory, this building was the home of many notable scientific achievements in its day.

By The DC Historic Sites team

The original National Observatory was authorized by President Tyler in 1842 and completed in 1844 according to plans prepared by Lieutenant James Melville Gilliss. The observatory was the site of…