Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, often shortened to Dahlgren Chapel, is a Roman Catholic chapel located in Dahlgren Quadrangle on the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The c
Elizabeth Dahlgren, the original benefactor of Dahlgren Chapel, who is buried in its crypt
Interior of the chapel at night
Rear view of Dahlgren Chapel
Stained glass window above the altar with organ pipes on either side
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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in t
Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart
…Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, often shortened to Dahlgren Chapel, is a Roman Catholic chapel located in Dahlgren Quadrangle on the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The chapel was built in 1893, and is located in the historic center of the campus. The chapel falls within the territorial jurisdiction…
John Carroll, the first archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University in 1789
Georgetown University, c. 1850
Union army soldiers on Theodore Roosevelt Island with the Potomac River and the university visible in the background in 1861 at the beginning of the American Civil War
Patrick Francis Healy, the first African-American to become a Jesuit, helped transform the school into a modern university after the Civil War.