Built in 1877 Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark. It is named after Patrick F. Healy, S.J., Georgetown president from 1873-1882 and the first African-American to head a major university.
Symbolic center of Georgetown University. Named after Patrick F. Healy, the first African American Jesuit and President of the University. Smithmeyer & Pelz architects.
Founded in 1789, Georgetown University is the oldest and largest Catholic and Jesuit university in America. Georgetown today is a major student-centered, international research university, offering programs in Washington, DC; Doha, Qatar; and around the world.