Healy Hall | |
Location | Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. |
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Coordinates | 38°54′26.2″N 77°04′21.8″W / 38.907278°N 77.072722°W |
Built | 1877–1879 |
Architect | John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival and Romanesque |
Website | facilities |
Part of | Georgetown Historic District (ID67000025) |
NRHP reference No. | 71001003 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | May 25, 1971 |
Designated NHL | December 23, 1987[1] |
Designated NHLDCP | May 28, 1967 |
Designated DCIHS | November 8, 1964 |
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. Constructed between 1877 and 1879, the hall was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer, both of whom also designed the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. The structure is named after Patrick Francis Healy, who was the President of Georgetown University at the time.
Healy Hall serves as the main administrative and reception venue of Georgetown, with some portions still being used as classrooms. The building includes Riggs Library, one of the few extant cast iron libraries in the nation, as well as the elaborate Gaston Hall.