Cannon House - Dover, DE
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N 39° 09.639 W 075° 31.537
18S E 454589 N 4334736
The roof of this building was where Annie Jump Cannon first observed stars. She later defined a classification system for cataloguing hundreds of thousands of stars which astronomers still use today.
Waymark Code: WM15MWC
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2022
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Photos taken on 19 January 2022. According to the NRHP nomination form, the specific type of Victorian architecture is Italianate-style.
Taken from the NRHP form, "34 South State Street - Pre-1885, 3-story, frame, Italianate-style dwelling; low hipped roof, ornate bracketted cornice; rusticated wooden quoins; interior end chimneys; 4/4 double-hung sashes, moulded lintels, louvered blinds on 2nd and 3rd floor levels, panelled shutters 1st floor level; facade porch, tapered square columns."
The plaque says, "Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941), a prominent astronomer who pioneered stellar classification, observed her first stars from the roof of this house. Cannon, who was legally deaf, graduated valedictorian from Wilmington Conference Academy, now Wesley College, in 1880. She continued her studies at Wellesley College and Radcliffe Women’s College at Harvard. While working at the Harvard Observatory, Cannon developed the Star Spectra system, classifying over 300,000 stars based on color and temperature. She was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Oxford University and her long career paved the way for women in science."
Public/Private: Private (College)
Tours Available?: No
Year Built: 1860
Web Address: Not listed
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