Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House

	Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	618-620 Castle Street, Geneva, New York
Coordinates	42°52′16″N 76°59′25″W / 42.87111°N 76.99028°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1888
NRHP reference No.	08000275
Added to NRHP	April 11, 2008

Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House is a historic home and observatory located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. Both structures were built in 1888. The observatory is a small frame building consisting of a two-story tower flanked by two small wings. The tower contains a 10-inch refracting telescope by Warner & Swasey of Cleveland, Ohio. The east wing contains an intact meridian transit telescope and sidereal pendulum clock. The house is a two-story brick dwelling with a broad range of intact, late Victorian eclectic features.^[2] Brooks was a Professor of Astronomy at Hobart College, which owned the observatory until the late 20th century.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Nancy L. Todd (December 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 17, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Nancy L. Todd (December 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Smith Observatory and Dr. William R. Brooks House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 17, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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