Boswell was built in 1883 and named after Charles Boswell of West Hartford, Connecticut. It was originally used for the astronomy and weather service division, which included an eight-inch equatorial telescope (the largest of its kind west of the Mississippi at that time) and a meridian transit which had been used by Thomas Doane in laying out the campus and for his work aligning the Hoosac Tunnel in the northeastern United States. The Observatory was reportedly the first weather service headquarters in Nebraska. Boswell is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The building has since been renovated, and the original telescope is in working condition once again.
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