Linfield Observatory

900 SW Baker Street  |  Built 1894

The Linfield College Observatory was erected in 1894. It was one of the earliest astronomical observatories in the Pacific Northwest. 

The trustees of McMinnville College built this two-story wooden frame building (resided and covered with bricks in a stretcher bond about 1955) to house a thousand-dollar telescope that was bequeathed to the college by A.W. Kinney.

The six-inch telescope is mounted in a brick, two-story doomed tower. The building originally stood adjacent to Failing Hall approximately 400 feet east of Pioneer Hall. This building is currently in use for small classes by the Linfield athletic department. 

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Historic Resources Inventory Documentation