600 McCormick Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia. County/parish: Albemarle.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 19, 2004. NRIS 04001245.
3 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Leander McCormick Observatory is one of the astronomical observatories operated by the Department of Astronomy of the University of Virginia, and is situated just outside Charlottesville, Virginia (US) in Albemarle County on the summit of Mount Jefferson (also known as Observatory Hill). It is named for Leander J. McCormick (1819–1900), who provided the funds for the telescope and observatory.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41679401