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 in 2010
Caroll Parlor, a dedicated study room for senior undergraduates inside Healy.
Healy displays several Baroque paintings from the university art collection
South side of Healy Hall
Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States and the nation's first federally chartered university.
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.
