Stull Observatory

Stull Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Alfred University located in Alfred, New York and named after John Stull, who helped establish the observatory in 1966.

Type: Observatory
Also known as: “John L. Stull Observatory”
Address: 475 Marlin Way, Alfred, NY 14802

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Terra Cotta Building and Alumni Hall.

Terra Cotta Building

Museum

Photo: Kkirschn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Terra Cotta Building is a historic building built by the Celadon Terra Cotta Company at Alfred, New York in 1892. The structure is a one-story, 16-foot-wide, 25-foot-deep building built almost entirely of bricks, architectural terracotta, and roofing tiles manufactured by the company. Terra Cotta Building is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Stull Observatory.

Alumni Hall

College building

Photo: Twitch396, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alumni Hall, also known as Chapel Hall, is a historic multipurpose building located on the campus of Alfred University at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. Alumni Hall is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Stull Observatory.

Allen Steinheim Museum

Building

Photo: Bdesham, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Allen Steinheim Museum is a historic building and former museum located on the campus of Alfred University at Alfred in Allegany County, New York. It is a crenellated stone structure built from 1876 to 1880 to house the "mineral, geological, natural, and man-made curiosities" of Alfred University's second president Jonathan Allen. Allen Steinheim Museum is situated 1,500 feet north of Stull Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alfred and Hartsville.

Alfred

Photo: Bdesham, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alfred, the home of Alfred University is a small town in Allegany County in the Southern Tier of New York.

Hartsville

Hamlet

Hartsville is a town in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census. The town is named after a prominent early settler, Reuben Hart. The Town of Hartsville is on the county's western border and is south of Hornell. Hartsville is situated 4½ miles east of Stull Observatory.

West Almond

Hamlet

West Almond is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census. West Almond is centrally located in the eastern part of the county and is west of Hornell. West Almond is situated 6 miles northwest of Stull Observatory.

Stull Observatory

Categories: astronomical observatory, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Alfred, Allegany County, Southern Tier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.2507° or 42° 15′ 3″ north

Longitude

-77.78506° or 77° 47′ 6″ west

Elevation

1,932 feet (589 metres)

Open location code

87J47627+7X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 835920203

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=observatory

GeoNames ID

7241062

Wikidata ID

Q7628619

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Stull Observatory” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Stull Observatorium”
Egyptian Arabic: “مرصد ستول”
Urdu: “اسٹل رصدگاہ”

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