Class of 1951 Observatory

The Class of 1951 Observatory is located near the eastern edge of the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, on Vassar College's campus. The observatory was built in 1997 and sponsored by the Vassar class of 1951 who donated funds for its construction on the occasion of their forty-fifth reunion.

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Type: Observatory
Description: astronomical observatory at Vassar College
Address: 51 New Observatory Road, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center and Rombout House.

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Arts center

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The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, commonly known as the Loeb, is a teaching museum, major art repository, and exhibition space on the campus of Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is situated 2,200 feet northwest of Class of 1951 Observatory.

Rombout House

Residential building

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Rombout House is a historic home located at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York. It was built about 1854 on land that had been part of the original British royal Rombout Patent of 1685 and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three-bay-wide, Hudson River Bracketed architectural style dwelling. Rombout House is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Class of 1951 Observatory.

Bridge for Laboratory Sciences

University building

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The Bridge for Laboratory Sciences is a two-story laboratory and classroom building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Bridge for Laboratory Sciences is situated 1,800 feet west of Class of 1951 Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arlington and Titusville.

Arlington

Town

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Arlington is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, and United States. As of the 2020 census, Arlington had a population of 3,010.

Titusville

Hamlet

Titusville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of LaGrange, New York, in Dutchess County, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 729. Titusville is situated 1½ miles southeast of Class of 1951 Observatory.

Red Oaks Mill

Village

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Red Oaks Mill is a hamlet and census-designated place in Dutchess County, in the U.S. state of New York. It lies within the limits of the towns of Poughkeepsie and LaGrange. Red Oaks Mill is situated 2 miles southeast of Class of 1951 Observatory.

Class of 1951 Observatory

Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, Mid-Hudson and Catskills, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.68299° or 41° 40′ 59″ north

Longitude

-73.89054° or 73° 53′ 26″ west

Elevation

223 feet (68 metres)

Open location code

87H8M4M5+5Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 479071364

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=observatory

GeoNames ID

7203790

Wikidata ID

Q18705908

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