Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory (Q5547051)

  • matcher place: District of Columbia (relation 162069), Georgetown (relation 4639452), Washington (relation 5396194)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1843 establishments in Washington, D.C., Astronomical observatories in Washington, D.C., Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown University buildings, Infrastructure completed in 1843, University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory (also the Heyden Observatory and Francis J. Heyden Observatory) was founded in 1841 by Father James Curley of the Department of Physics at Georgetown College. Father Curley chose a site on the college grounds, planned the building, and supervised its construction to its completion in 1844. Costs were initially paid by Rev. Thomas Meredith Jenkins, S.J., and Rev. Charles H. Stonestreet, S.J., who were Georgetown professors at the time. The observatory was used in 1846 to determine the latitude and longitude of Washington, D.C., which Curley determined to be latitude 38°54′26N and longitude 5h8m18.29s (west of Greenwich).

Wikidata location: 38.9083, -77.0772 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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found 14 match candidates

way: Georgetown University (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
name: Georgetown University
phone: +1 202-687-0100
source: dcgis
amenity: university
dataset: UniversityPly
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operator: Georgetown University
wikidata: Q333886
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addr:street: O Street Northwest
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wikidata mismatch: Q333886
way: Rafik B. Hariri Building (OSM), 552 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Rafik B. Hariri Building
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
building: university
operator: Georgetown University
dcgis:lot: 0827
dcgis:gis_id: 65247
dcgis:square: 1321
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way: Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory (OSM)exact location match [show tags]
ele: 48
name: Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
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dcgis:lot: 0827
wikipedia: en:Georgetown University Astronomical Observatory
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dcgis:captureyear: 19990331
way: Leavey Center (OSM), 795 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Leavey Center
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
building: university
operator: Georgetown University
dcgis:lot: 0827
dcgis:gis_id: 16237
dcgis:square: 1321
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way: Kennedy Hall (OSM), 713 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Kennedy Hall
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
building: university
operator: Georgetown University
designation: Dormitory
dcgis:gis_id: 79740
dcgis:captureyear: 20050405
way: Leo O'Donovan Dining Hall (OSM), 1,044 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Leo O'Donovan Dining Hall
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
building: university
operator: Georgetown University
dcgis:lot: 0827
dcgis:gis_id: 83850
dcgis:square: 1321
dcgis:captureyear: 20050405
way: Reynolds Hall (OSM), 677 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Reynolds Hall
source: dcgis
dataset: buildings
building: university
operator: Georgetown University
dcgis:gis_id: 79740
dcgis:captureyear: 20050405
way: McCarthy Hall (OSM), 904 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
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dataset: buildings
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operator: Georgetown University
dcgis:gis_id: 79740
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way: McDonough Arena (OSM), 173 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
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dataset: buildings
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wikidata mismatch: Q6800979
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dataset: buildings
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operator: Georgetown University
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operator: Georgetown University
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wikidata mismatch: Q85047259

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astronomical observatory (Q1254933) observatory:type=astronomical
National Register of Historic Places listed place (Q19558910) heritage:operator=nrhp
observatory (Q62832) landuse=observatory, man_made=observatory

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Astronomical observatories in Washington, D.C. amenity=astronomical_observatory, amenity=university, landuse=observatory, man_made=telescope
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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. building=university, site=university, historic, boundary=protected_area, amenity=university, type=site