Conant Library and Observatory

Title:: Conant Library and Observatory
Description:: A photograph of the Conant Library and Observatory, presently the Nichols College Chapel, taken between its construction in 1832 and the appearance of the image in the Nichols Academy Catalogue in 1896. The Conant Library and Observatory originally housed the Nichols Academy Library, two telescopes, and had telegraphic communications with the world via Western Union lines. It was built by Hezekiah Conant, a former student of Nichols Academy.
Date:: [1883?–1896?]
Format:: Photographs
Location:: Nichols College
Collection (local):: Nichols College Archives Collection
Subjects:: Nichols College--Buildings--Libraries
Universities and Colleges--Massachusetts--Dudley
Nichols College---Buildings--Observatories
Nichols College--History
Places:: Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Dudley
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bk1292634
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Language:: English
Notes:: Is part of the Nichols College Archives collection. Nichols College Archives, Dudley, Massachusetts. http://www.nichols.edu/library/archives/index.html
Identifier:: Nichols06
conent_library_and_observatory

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