List of Georgetown University buildings

Last updated September 27, 2023

This is a list of buildings on Georgetown University campuses. Georgetown University's undergraduate campus and the medical school campus, together comprising the main campus, and the Law Center campus, are located within Washington, D.C. The Main Campus is located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. between Canal Road, P Street, and Reservoir Road. The Law Center campus is located in downtown DC on New Jersey Avenue, near Union Station.

List of buildings

Georgetown University buildings
Name	Sub-buildings	Built	Campus	Function	Notes
Car Barn		1895–1897	East	Academic	Once the Capital Traction Company trolley car depot
Davis Performing Arts Center	Gonda Theater	2003–2005	Main	Academic	Expansion of 1906 Ryan Gymnasium. Named for Royden B. Davis
Healy Hall	Gaston Hall, Riggs Library	1877–1879	Main	Academic	Interior work continued for 22 years after completion. Listed as National Historic Landmark
Bunn Intercultural Center		1982	Main	Academic
Institute of Diplomacy			East	Administrative
Leavey Center		1968	Main	Administrative	Serves as students' union
Healey Family Student Center		2014	Main	Academic
Maguire Hall		1854–1855	Main	Academic	Replaced Old South
Jesuit Community Cemetery		1808	Main	Religious	Moved with the building of Maguire Hall in 1854
Bernard P. McDonough Hall		1971	Law	Academic
Astronomical Observatory		1843–1844	Main	Academic	Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Used in 1846 to determine coordinates of Washington, D.C.
Reiss Science Building	Blommer Science Library	1962–1963	Main	Academic
Ryan Hall		1903	Main	Administrative	Architect: Albert Olszewski Von Herbulis
St. Mary's Hall		1954	Main	Academic	Renovated in 2002
Edmund A. Walsh Building	Walsh Black Box Theatre	1958	East	Academic	Named for Edmund A. Walsh, founder of the School of Foreign Service
White-Gravenor Hall		1932–1933	Main	Academic	Named for Andrew White and John Gravenor Architect: Emile G. Perrot
Alumni Square (Village B)	Groves, Beh, McBride, and McCahill	1983	East	Residential
Copley Hall	Copley Formal Hall	1930–1932	Main	Residential	Named for Thomas Copley
Darnall Hall		1964–1965	Main	Residential	Renovated in 1996
Gewirz Student Center		1993	Law	Residential
Harbin Hall		1965	Main	Residential	Renovated in 2000
LXR Hall	Loyola Hall, Ryder Hall, Xavier Hall		East	Residential	Connected into single building in 1994
Nevils Hall	Kober, Lisner, Nordhoff, Riggs		East	Residential	Served as Georgetown University Hospital from 1900 to the early 1930s
New South Hall		1957–1959	Main	Residential	Renovated in 2004.
Kennedy Hall		2001–2003	Main	Residential	Part of the Southwest Quadrangle
McCarthy Hall	McShain Lounge	2001–2003	Main	Residential
Reynolds Family Hall		2001–2003	Main	Residential
Village A		1979	Main	Residential	Level 4 known as "the rooftops"
Village C	Village C East, Village C West	1987	Main	Residential	Divided into East and West wings
Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall		2016	Main	Residential
Wolfington Hall Jesuit Residence		2001–2003	Main	Residential
John Vinton Dahlgren Medical Library		1970	Medical	Library
Edward Bennett Williams Law Library		1989	Law	Library
Lauinger Library		1969–1970	Main	Library
Basic Science Building		1972	Medical	Academic
Building D			Medical	Administrative
Medical and Dental Building	St. Ignatius Chapel	1930	Medical	Academic
Medical and Dental Annex			Medical	Academic
Concentrated Care Center		1976	Medical	Hospital
Gorman Building			Medical	Hospital
Marcus Bles Building		1972	Medical	Hospital
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center		1988	Medical	Hospital
Lombardi Cancer Center		1982	Medical	Hospital	Named for Vince Lombardi
New Research Building	Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center	1995	Medical	Hospital
Pre-Clinical Science Building		1972	Medical	Academic
Research Resource Facility		1989	Medical	Hospital
Cooper Field			Main	Athletic	Previously known as Multi-Sport Field
Sport and Fitness Center		2005	Law	Athletic
Kehoe Field	North Kehoe Field	1980	Main	Athletic
McDonough Gymnasium		1950–1951	Main	Athletic	Used for Dwight D. Eisenhower's inaugural ball
Yates Field House		1979	Main	Athletic
John R. Thompson Jr. Intercollegiate Athletic Center		2014–2016	Main	Athletic
Chapel of St. Thomas More			Law	Religious
Copley Crypt Chapel of the North American Martyrs		1930–1932	Main	Religious
Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart		1892–1893	Main	Religious
Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman Chapel of St. William^[1]		1930–1932	Main	Religious	Located off of the first floor of Copley Hall
Eric E. Hotung International Law Center		2005	Law	Administrative	Named for Eric Edward Hotung, Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist
Gervase Building		1830–1848	Main	Administrative
Heating and Cooling Plant		1978	Main	Administrative
Anne Marie Becraft Hall (formerly McSherry Hall)		1792	Main	Administrative	The oldest building currently on campus
Mortara Center For International Studies		2003	East	Administrative
Isaac Hawkins Hall (formerly Mulledy Hall)		1830–1833	Main	Administrative	Originally named for Thomas Mulledy
Rafik B. Hariri Building		2006–2009	Main	Academic
New North	McNeir Auditorium	1925	Main	Administrative
North and South Gatehouses		1913	Main	Administrative	Replaced 1844 gatehouses
Old North		1794–1795	Main	Academic	Oldest academic building on campus.
Poulton Hall	Stage III Theater	1947	East	Administrative	Named for Ferdinand Poulton
Reed Alumni Residence			East	Alumni	Named for James Patrick Reed in 1993
Robert and Bernice Wagner Alumni House		1998–2005	East	Alumni
Leo J. O'Donovan Dining Hall		2001–2003	Main	Dining	Named for Leo J. O'Donovan
Regents Hall		2012	Main	Academic	Named for and dedicated to the Board of Regents of Georgetown University
Liberal Arts and Science Building		2005	Qatar	Academic	Part of Education City
Humanitarium Building		2008–2011	Qatar	Academic	Part of Education City
School of Continuing Studies Building		2013	Downtown	Academic
Villa Le Balze		1911–1914	Fiesole	Academic	Gifted to Georgetown University in 1979
McGhee Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies		c. 1835	Alanya	Academic	Gifted to Georgetown University in 1989
55 H St. Graduate Housing		2020–2022	Downtown	Residential

Future buildings

Boathouse, awaiting completion of city environmental survey.^[2]
New Henle residential complex, with construction expected to run from May 2023 to July 2025.^[3]

Former buildings

Former buildings
Name	Years	Campus	Function	Notes	Ref.
Henle Village (original)	1976–2023	Main	Residential	Named for president Robert J. Henle	^[4]^[5]
Kober Cogan Building	1959–2018	Medical	Hospital, Residential	Named for George Kober, Medical School dean, and William N. Cogan, Dental School dean	^[6]^[7]
Old South	1791–1904	Main	Academic	Georgetown's first building. Located at the present site of Ryan Hall	^[8]

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References

↑ "Georgetown University renames chapel in honor of Sister Thea Bowman". Catholic Standard. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
↑ Cooke, John (October 9, 2008). "On the Waterfront". The Georgetown Voice. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
↑ Lane, Rosemary (2022-04-13). "Georgetown To Break Ground on New Housing Projects on Campus". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
↑ "Henle Village at Georgetown University". Georgetown University Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
↑ "Henle Village Demolition Next Week and Accessible Pathways". Georgetown University. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
↑ Dressman, Mack; Levesque, Noah (November 10, 2017). "Rumors Uncovered: Inside Kober-Cogan". The Hoya: The Guide. pp. B2–B3. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023– via Issuu.
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[:0-1] "Georgetown University renames chapel in honor of Sister Thea Bowman". Catholic Standard. Retrieved 2022-05-05.

[2] Cooke, John (October 9, 2008). "On the Waterfront". The Georgetown Voice. Retrieved 2008-11-20.

[3] Lane, Rosemary (2022-04-13). "Georgetown To Break Ground on New Housing Projects on Campus". Georgetown University. Retrieved 2023-05-07.

[4] "Henle Village at Georgetown University". Georgetown University Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[5] "Henle Village Demolition Next Week and Accessible Pathways". Georgetown University. June 15, 2023. Archived from the original on August 11, 2023. Retrieved August 11, 2023.

[6] Dressman, Mack; Levesque, Noah (November 10, 2017). "Rumors Uncovered: Inside Kober-Cogan". The Hoya: The Guide. pp. B2–B3. Archived from the original on August 10, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023– via Issuu.

[7] "Kober-Cogan Building Copper Time Capsule and Contents". Georgetown University Library. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[8] "Old South at Georgetown University, as viewed from the south side". Georgetown University Library. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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