Ohio Wesleyan University Student Observatory - Delaware, Ohio

Ohio Wesleyan University Student Observatory in Delaware, Ohio. Built in 1896, the on-campus observatory was funded by Hiram M. Perkins, professor of mathematics and astronomy; his wife, Caroline Barkdull Perkins; and his sister, Sarah P. Howard. The student observatory originally was called “Perkins Astronomical Observatory,” but it was renamed the “Student Observatory” after the second, larger Perkins Observatory was built south of Delaware in 1923-1924. The Student Observatory telescope boasted a 9 ½ inch refracting lens, which was unusual for college observatories at that time, and was built by a leading manufacturer of such instruments, Warner & Swasey in Cleveland. The observatory designed by Canadian-born architect Sidney Rose Badgley. Architectural Style-Classical Revival.  Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 18, 1985. GPS: 40.29889°N, -83.07662°W.