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Decorative drawing: a nineteenth-century public building. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Cincinnati Observatory Building

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 849 words across 6 pages, filed in 1980. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 80003043, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

The nomination, in full

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

OHIO HISTORIC INVENTORY Columbus, Ohio 43211 4. Present Name(s) 5. Other Name(s) 3. Location of Negatives 16. Thematic Category 28. No. of Stories 3. Specific Location 29. Basement? Yes X 17. Date(s) or Period Observatory Place 30. Foundation Material 18. Style or Design 7. City or Town If Rural, Township & Vicinity Cincinnati, Ohio 31. Wall Construction 3. Site Plan with North Arrow Architect or Engineer 32. Roof Type & Material 20. Contractor or Builder 33. No. of Bays observation and research 34. Wall Treatment 22. Present Use common bond 35. Plan Shape 23. Ownership Public Road? 36. Changes Addition O Private O Altered 8 ). Coordinates in #42) Moved O 24. Owner's Name & Address, Lat. _ if known U.T.M. Reference 7.22 745 c/o State of Ohio Cone - Easting 25. Open to 38. Preservation Site O Structure O Building X Object O 26. Local Contact Person or Organization 39. Endangered? Dr.

Paul Herget By What? 1. On National 27. Other Surveys in Which Included proposed development 3. Part of Estab. Yes & District Cincinnati City Planning Comm. 40. Visible from Hist. Dist.? and Miami Purchase Association. 15. Name of Established District 41. Distance from and August, 1978. 42. Further Description of Important Features This functional building is symmetrical in plan and is distinguished central pavilion is a classical portico that supports a boxed ped- 43. History and Significance From 1843 to 1872 the Cincinnati Observatory was located atop Mt: Adams, and was sponsored cause of the growing pollution and light problem near the basin area of Cinti. John.Kilgour donated a four acre tract and $10,000 toward the construction of a new building. The 12 inch 44. Description of Environment and Outbuildings The observatory is located on a high point in Mt.

Lookout and at the end of a cul-de-sac. A later observatory building is immediately southeast of this building, and it was designed 45. Sources of Information 46. Prepared by Personal observation 47. Organization Rendering of the observatory by Samuel Hannaford, Physical Plant, 1904 1873-1875 County Hamilton Front unknown Northing Register? Long. 4335580 Side Date Potent'? Underway? brick Eligible? Avery Cincinnati Historic Inventory. Cincinnati Historical Society Ohio Historical Center (Explain Fred Mitchell Greek Revival Interior Ohio Historic Preservation Office Cincinnati Observatory Building Miami Purchase Assn. The University of Cincinnati Frontage on Road rough limestone Samuel Hannaford Original Use, if apparent 37. Condition iment topped by an orb. Within this pediment is a large circular while the corner columns are smooth limestone blocks.

Most of the windows are 6 over 6 and exhibit simple stone trim. In 1873 operation of the observatory was transferred to the University of Cincinnati. The site for the observatory was moved to Mt. Lookout be- by Samuel Hannaford & Sons. Outstanding nineteenth century residential buildings in district Exterior excellent restricted excellent limited research by the Cincinnati Astronomical Society. Above the rough 27. Continued. 2.The National Register of Historic Places, Observatory Historic District. Cincinnati: Weisen-hart Press, 1943. supporting the telescope is 17 feet below ground level. The interior walls underneath dome replaces the original "cheese box" or flat observation tower. telescope purchased in 1843 was transferred to the new site and utilized until 1902 when research has been conducted.

Today, the 16" telescope is not in use, glare and pollution ribbed metal dome painted silver resting on a square brick projection.The central pier the dome are independent from the building, thus reducing vibrations.#36. The existing make the site difficult for observation.

a continuous lugsill.The roof is highlighted by a classical three part entablature alarger 16" telescope was purchased.From 1873until recently extensive astronomical cut limestone foundation is a raised water table and stringcourse which also serves as state OH- Hamilton ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN Inventory - Entered - Federal Register Entry OTHER HAER KEEPER TECHNICAL CONTROL ARCHEOLOGIST HISTORIAN Maps Send-back Re-submit MAR BRANCH CHIEF REVIEW UNIT National Register Write-up Working Number 1/-15- 79 2 777 Photos l2g REVIEW UNIT CHIEF United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WASO N Missing Core Documentation Reference Number Hannaford, Samuel, & Sons Thematic Resource in Hamilton Nomination Form X Photographs Building County 80003043 USGS Map Property Name The following Core Documentation is missing from this entry: Cincinnati Observatory County, State Multiple Property Name Hamilton, Ohio Multiple Property Cover Sheet Please refer to the map in the Multiple Property Cover Sheet Reference Number: 64000626 for this property STATUS 1.

MISSING - 2. REMOVED/ 3. NHLX - 4. TR - 5: MRA 6. OVER- - 7. NPS - 8. DOE - 9. RESTRICTED (NHL Name, if different than NRHP Name) JAN. 1986 DEMOLISHED EXPLANATION (State) COMMENTS Locator Card UNDOCUMENTED (County) OWNER OBJECTION SIZED (Completed by) Hamilton National Register of Historic Places (Date Removed) Cincinnati observatory (Date form completed) (Cause for removal) WASO 21 (Current source of partial documentation) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (Reference Number[s]) (Date Found/Replaced) (Where found, or source of replacement) (Location of oversize file) (Resource Name) (Date Designated) (Target Date) (lf multi-state/county MRA, state/county where filed and location) (TR or MRA Name) WACC 12/09 5MRA Available on: Microfiche ( ): Optical Disk () 1997 80003043 Cincinnati observatory Building OHIO