Healy Building, Georgetown University
Georgetown University campus, junction of O and Thirty-seventh Sts., Washington, District of Columbia
Map
Coordinates:
+38.90723, -77.0727838°54'26" N, 77°04'22" W
Quadrangle map:Washington West
Description
Erected 1877-79, this large-scale High Victorian Gothic structure is the most prominent structure on the university campus and a picturesque landmark for all Georgetown. Its construction marked the evolution of the school toward true university status. It was designed by the architects Smithmeyer and Pelz, who also designed the Library of Congress. -- National Historic Landmark statement of significance, December 23, 1987
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1971
- Reference number
- 71001003
- Architectural styles
- Victorian: Gothic; Other architectural type; Victorian: Romanesque; High Victorian Gothic
- Areas of significance
- Education; Architecture
- Levels of significance
- National; State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Building
- Historic function
- College
- Current function
- College
- Period of significance
- 1875-1899
- Significant years
- 1877; 1879; 1899