Georgetown University, Healy Hall
- Architects
- Paul J. Pelz John L. Smithmeyer
- Year
- 1877
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Washington, DC
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Healy Hall, built between 1877 and 1879, is the flagship building of Georgetown University's main campus and a National Historic Landmark. It was designed by Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer, the same architects who later designed the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, and is named for Patrick Francis Healy, the university president who pushed to transform Georgetown from a college into a true university.
the building
Riggs Library. Healy Hall houses Riggs Library, one of the few extant cast iron libraries remaining in the nation, a structural rarity built into the same project as the university's new administrative heart.
Gaston Hall. The building also contains the elaborate Gaston Hall, still in use today alongside classrooms and Georgetown's main administrative and reception spaces.
Shared with the Jefferson Building. Pelz and Smithmeyer designed Healy Hall years before taking on the Thomas Jefferson Building, giving Georgetown's campus landmark and the Library of Congress a shared authorship.
the style
Healy Hall is worked in the Gothic Revival style, and its tower and facade are prominent enough to define the Georgetown skyline from across the city.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Paul J. Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer designed Healy Hall in the 1870s, and the pair went on to design the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress, one of the most celebrated Beaux-Arts interiors in Washington.
significance
Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and a contributing property to a National Historic Landmark District.
nearby
- Georgetown University, Old North
- Lauinger Library
- Washington Canoe Club
- Georgetown Car Barn
- Prospect House (Lingan-Templeman House)
- Georgetown University, Astronomical Observatory