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Item Title
Georgetown University, Healy Building, Thirty-seventh & O Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
LocationNorthwest,
Washington, DC
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS DC-248
Building/structure dates:
1877 initial construction
Significance: Healy Building 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.
Subjects
EducationColleges & UniversitiesEducational Facilities
Related Names
Smithmeyer & Pelz
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. Historic American Buildings Survey J. Alexander, Photographer May 1968 EAST FACADE
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 EAST (FRONT) ELEVATION
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 EAST (FRONT) ELEVATION FROM NORTHEAST
4. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 WEST ELEVATION FROM NORTHWEST
5. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 DETAIL OF EAST ELEVATION NEAR NORTH PAVILION
6. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 DETAIL OF SOUTH ELEVATION
7. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 DETAIL OF TOWER FROM NORTHEAST
8. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 MAIN ENTRANCE, NORTH PAVILION
9. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 MAIN ENTRANCE, FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING WEST
10. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 MAIN STAIRWAY IN NORTH WING
11. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 'CARROLL PARLOR' RECEPTION ROOM TO SOUTH OF MAIN HALL
12. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 TYPICAL SMALL PARLOR ALONG FIRST FLOOR ENTRANCE HALL
13. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 FIRST FLOOR HALL
14. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 NORTHERNMOST CLASSROOM ON FIRST FLOOR
15. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 NORTHERNMOST CLASSROOM ON FIRST FLOOR, LOOKING NORTHWEST
16. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 DETAIL OF SUPPORTING COLUMN AND PAINTED PLASTER CEILING AND BEAMS GRAINED TO RESEMBLE WOOD, HIRST READING ROOM, FIRST FLOOR
17. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 COVERED RADIATOR, NORTH WALL OF PARLOR 3, FIRST FLOOR
18. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 SECOND FLOOR LANDING AND DOORS TO THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
19. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 PHILODEMIC HALL, NORTHWEST CORNER OF SECOND FLOOR
20. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 HALL RADIATOR, SECOND FLOOR, WEST WALL
21. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 GASTON HALL LOOKING WEST TOWARD STAGE, THIRD FLOOR, NORTH WING
22. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer September 1969 STAIRS TO GALLERY AT REAR OF GASTON HALL
23. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 RIGGS LIBRARY STACKS, THIRD FLOOR, SOUTH WING
24. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 LOOKING NORTH AT STACK LEVELS, RIGGS LIBRARY
25. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 CAST-IRON RADIATOR GRILLE ON EAST WALL OF RIGGS LIBRARY
26. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 DETAIL OF SPIRAL STAIRWAY TO UPPER STACKS, NORTHEAST CORNER OF RIGGS LIBRARY
27. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 PANELED ENDS OF CAST-IRON STACKS, RIGGS LIBRARY
28. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 CAST-IRON DRAGON GROTESQUE BELOW BASE OF COLUMN SEPARATING WINDOWS ON NORTH SIDE OF RIGGS LIBRARY
29. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 'OWL' CAPITAL BETWEEN WINDOWS ON SOUTH WALL OF RIGGS LIBRARY, SECOND LEVEL
30. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 THIRD FLOOR STAIRS
31. Historic American Buildings Survey Jack E. Boucher, Photographer November 1969 COLUMN CAPITAL, WEST SIDE OF HALL OPPOSITE STAIR, THIRD FLOOR
32. Historic American Buildings Survey Copy of old view of former President's Office, second floor c. 1910 (courtesy of the Commission of Fine Arts)
33. Historic American Buildings Survey COPY OF PRELIMINARY STUDY FOR HEALY BUILDING, c. 1876 (COURTESY OF THE COMMISSION OF FINE ARTS)
34. Historic American Buildings Survey Original Drawing, East Facade (From the original in the office of the Vice President For Development and Physical Plant, Georgetown University
35. ORIGINAL DRAWING, COURT ELEVATION (FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
36. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING, FIRST FLOOR PLAN (FROM AN ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
37. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING, SECOND FLOOR PLAN (FROM AN ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
38. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING, THIRD FLOOR PLAN (FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE FILES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
39. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING, ENTRANCE TO COLEMAN MUSEUM (1880) (FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
40. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING, DETAIL OF POST AND GIRDER IN FORMER COLEMAN MUSEUM (1878) (FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
41. Historic American Buildings Survey ORIGINAL DRAWING: CAST IRON STACKS IN RIGGS LIBRARY (1889) (FROM THE ORIGINAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL PLANT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY)
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