A person sits on a ladder behind the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium lobby light fixture

Description:	A person, possibly Norma OConnor Houghtalen (Class of 1952), sits on a ladder while touching the light fixture for the lobby of the James Irving Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium, before it was installed. Either Normas husband, Harry Houghtalen Jr. (Class of 1953), or her father-in-law, Harry Houghtalen, was the photographer. Dedicated on Friday, November 5, 1954, the building was designed and planned by Arthur F. Lindberg, Butler University Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds; J. I. Holcomb, Vice President of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Buildings and Grounds Committee; Dr. Harry E. Crull, Professor of Mathematics and Head of the Department of Mathematics; Robert Frost Daggett, consulting architect; and the firm of Ammerman, Davis and Stout, consulting engineers. Reports vary, but the estimated cost of the building and the telescope was between $325,000 and $350,000, and J. I. and Musetta Holcomb provided the funding for the project. The building includes a central tower topped with a dome housing a 38-inch Cassegrainian reflector telescope manufactured by J. W. Fecker, Inc., a planetarium in the west wing, and a lecture room in the east wing.
Origin:	1954
Created By:	Houghtalen, H. H.
Source:	http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BldgsGrnds/id/2690
Collection:	Butler University Buildings and Grounds Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
Geography:	Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 39.841474, -86.171414 39.841474 -86.171414
Subjects:	Lighting Chandeliers Stairs Pails Observatories Planetariums Lobbies (Rooms) Butler University--Buildings College buildings Butler University--History Indianapolis (Ind.)--History People Buckets James Irving Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium Holcomb Observatory Fairview campus

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