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Healy Hall at Georgetown University, shortly after the completion of its exterior
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| Title | Healy Hall at Georgetown University, shortly after the completion of its exterior |
| Publisher / Repository | Georgetown University Archives |
| Creator | Albert Siebert |
| Date Original | 1880 |
| Description | Healy Hall is named for Patrick F. Healy, S.J. (1834-1910), who was president of Georgetown University from 1874 to 1882 and who planned and raised money for it. Building work began in late 1877. The firm of J.L. Smithmeyer & Company, who also designed the main building of the Library of Congress, drew up the plans. Their product, massive in scale, is 312 feet long and 95 feet wide with a clock tower that rises 200 feet. It had space for laboratories and a new library, as well as classrooms, dormitory rooms, and a meeting area for alumni, and with its opening, the University doubled the total square footage of its buildings. The Hall was the first of the University's buildings to face the city of Washington rather than the Potomac River and it has been suggested that Father Healy deliberately oriented it as a signal that Georgetown should be viewed, from that point on, as an educational institution of national importance. |
| Physical Dimension | Photographic print, b&w, 3" x 3.5" |
| Subject | Healy Hall (Washington, D.C.); Learning environment; |
| Category | Architecture; Campus Views |
| Subject Source | LCSH; local |
| Project Title | AJCU Archives Project |
| Collection Title | Georgetown University Archives Photographic Files |
| Type | Image |
| Format | JPEG |
| Distribution Restrictions | Permission to copy or publish must be obtained from the Georgetown University Archives |
| Publisher | Georgetown University Archives |
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