Photograph
Home on Observatory Hill
![Home on Observatory Hill View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700099990116/9999002635-l.jpg)
View of home atop of Observatory Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
Image ID: | 24030 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1899 |
Creator Name: | Brown, Charles N. |
City: | Madison |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Place File* |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PF Madison UW.493 |
Original Dimensions: | 8 x 6 inches |
House built c. 1855, occupied 1864-1866 by Professor Daniel Read, and later used as the home of University of Wisconsin presidents,as the home of the director of the Observatory, and the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs. Charles Newton Brown graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1876 and his papers are held in the manuscript collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
College buildings |
University of Wisconsin |
Trees |
Housing |
Yards |
Cities and towns |
Landforms |
Outdoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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