PHYSICIAN, GEOLOGIST, ASTRONOMER
Physician
Fisk Holbrook Day was a physician and an amateur geologist in Wisconsin who developed an impressive collection of Silurian-age fossils. The collection is now at Harvard University.
Day was born on March 11, 1826 in Richmond, Ontario, New York. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849. He moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and lived there for 40 years. He became the first physician to serve as Superintendent of the t Milwaukee County hospital and led in many reforms for the hospital and for a system of county insane asylums throughout Wisconsin.
Geologist
One of the primary places he collected was at the Schoonmaker Quarry, which professional geologist/paleontologist James Hall had recognized in 1862 as the first known fossil reef in North America.
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
Fisk Holbrook Day House
8000 Milwaukee Avenue
Wauwatosa, Michigan
"Sunnyhill Home," was designed by Milwaukee architect James Douglas .
Astronomer
The house set high on a hill and its tower is a full five stories higher. The tower was much more than an ornament on the house. It was used as an observatory by Dr. Day who had a strong interest in astronomy.
In addition to astronomy, Dr. Day had a serious interest in architecture, botany, geology and paleontology. He was a member of many medical and scientific societies, gave lectures, wrote for publications and entertained countless professionals in his home.
When Sunnyhill was built in 1874, one room, known as the "Cabinet Room," was a small natural history museum, a place where Dr. Day kept his tall wood and glass display cases. His fossil collections were so impressive that scientific societies came to see them from around the country. Towering display cases housed collected artifacts, historical documents, and works of art, minerals and other natural history specimens from around the world. Collecting specimens for one's own "cabinet" was a popular Victorian pastime.
This property was listed in the National Register in 1980 as Sunnyhill Home. NRIS #80000169.
References:
Obituary of Dr. Fiske Holbrook Day, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Wikipedia
Boston University Theology Library Archives
Milwaukee County Historical Society
National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program
Physician
Fisk Holbrook Day was a physician and an amateur geologist in Wisconsin who developed an impressive collection of Silurian-age fossils. The collection is now at Harvard University.
Day was born on March 11, 1826 in Richmond, Ontario, New York. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849. He moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and lived there for 40 years. He became the first physician to serve as Superintendent of the t Milwaukee County hospital and led in many reforms for the hospital and for a system of county insane asylums throughout Wisconsin.
Geologist
One of the primary places he collected was at the Schoonmaker Quarry, which professional geologist/paleontologist James Hall had recognized in 1862 as the first known fossil reef in North America.
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
Fisk Holbrook Day House
8000 Milwaukee Avenue
Wauwatosa, Michigan
"Sunnyhill Home," was designed by Milwaukee architect James Douglas .
Astronomer
The house set high on a hill and its tower is a full five stories higher. The tower was much more than an ornament on the house. It was used as an observatory by Dr. Day who had a strong interest in astronomy.
In addition to astronomy, Dr. Day had a serious interest in architecture, botany, geology and paleontology. He was a member of many medical and scientific societies, gave lectures, wrote for publications and entertained countless professionals in his home.
When Sunnyhill was built in 1874, one room, known as the "Cabinet Room," was a small natural history museum, a place where Dr. Day kept his tall wood and glass display cases. His fossil collections were so impressive that scientific societies came to see them from around the country. Towering display cases housed collected artifacts, historical documents, and works of art, minerals and other natural history specimens from around the world. Collecting specimens for one's own "cabinet" was a popular Victorian pastime.
This property was listed in the National Register in 1980 as Sunnyhill Home. NRIS #80000169.
References:
Obituary of Dr. Fiske Holbrook Day, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Wikipedia
Boston University Theology Library Archives
Milwaukee County Historical Society
National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program
PHYSICIAN, GEOLOGIST, ASTRONOMER
Physician
Fisk Holbrook Day was a physician and an amateur geologist in Wisconsin who developed an impressive collection of Silurian-age fossils. The collection is now at Harvard University.
Day was born on March 11, 1826 in Richmond, Ontario, New York. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849. He moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and lived there for 40 years. He became the first physician to serve as Superintendent of the t Milwaukee County hospital and led in many reforms for the hospital and for a system of county insane asylums throughout Wisconsin.
Geologist
One of the primary places he collected was at the Schoonmaker Quarry, which professional geologist/paleontologist James Hall had recognized in 1862 as the first known fossil reef in North America.
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
Fisk Holbrook Day House
8000 Milwaukee Avenue
Wauwatosa, Michigan
"Sunnyhill Home," was designed by Milwaukee architect James Douglas .
Astronomer
The house set high on a hill and its tower is a full five stories higher. The tower was much more than an ornament on the house. It was used as an observatory by Dr. Day who had a strong interest in astronomy.
In addition to astronomy, Dr. Day had a serious interest in architecture, botany, geology and paleontology. He was a member of many medical and scientific societies, gave lectures, wrote for publications and entertained countless professionals in his home.
When Sunnyhill was built in 1874, one room, known as the "Cabinet Room," was a small natural history museum, a place where Dr. Day kept his tall wood and glass display cases. His fossil collections were so impressive that scientific societies came to see them from around the country. Towering display cases housed collected artifacts, historical documents, and works of art, minerals and other natural history specimens from around the world. Collecting specimens for one's own "cabinet" was a popular Victorian pastime.
This property was listed in the National Register in 1980 as Sunnyhill Home. NRIS #80000169.
References:
Obituary of Dr. Fiske Holbrook Day, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Wikipedia
Boston University Theology Library Archives
Milwaukee County Historical Society
National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program
Physician
Fisk Holbrook Day was a physician and an amateur geologist in Wisconsin who developed an impressive collection of Silurian-age fossils. The collection is now at Harvard University.
Day was born on March 11, 1826 in Richmond, Ontario, New York. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1849. He moved to Wauwatosa, Wisconsin and lived there for 40 years. He became the first physician to serve as Superintendent of the t Milwaukee County hospital and led in many reforms for the hospital and for a system of county insane asylums throughout Wisconsin.
Geologist
One of the primary places he collected was at the Schoonmaker Quarry, which professional geologist/paleontologist James Hall had recognized in 1862 as the first known fossil reef in North America.
The Dr. Fisk Holbrook Day House was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
Fisk Holbrook Day House
8000 Milwaukee Avenue
Wauwatosa, Michigan
"Sunnyhill Home," was designed by Milwaukee architect James Douglas .
Astronomer
The house set high on a hill and its tower is a full five stories higher. The tower was much more than an ornament on the house. It was used as an observatory by Dr. Day who had a strong interest in astronomy.
In addition to astronomy, Dr. Day had a serious interest in architecture, botany, geology and paleontology. He was a member of many medical and scientific societies, gave lectures, wrote for publications and entertained countless professionals in his home.
When Sunnyhill was built in 1874, one room, known as the "Cabinet Room," was a small natural history museum, a place where Dr. Day kept his tall wood and glass display cases. His fossil collections were so impressive that scientific societies came to see them from around the country. Towering display cases housed collected artifacts, historical documents, and works of art, minerals and other natural history specimens from around the world. Collecting specimens for one's own "cabinet" was a popular Victorian pastime.
This property was listed in the National Register in 1980 as Sunnyhill Home. NRIS #80000169.
References:
Obituary of Dr. Fiske Holbrook Day, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan
Wikipedia
Boston University Theology Library Archives
Milwaukee County Historical Society
National Park Service. National Historic Landmark Program
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