Statue of John Carroll
Bishop John Carroll is a statue by the sculptor Jerome Connor commemorating Archbishop John Carroll, the founder of Georgetown University and the first Catholic bishop in the United States.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: statue
- Description: sculpture by Jerome Connor in Washington, D.C.
- Also known as: “Bishop John Carroll”, “Bishop John Carroll Statue”, and “John Carroll statue”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Georgetown University and Riggs Library.
Georgetown University
University
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Georgetown University is a private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic institution of higher education in the United States, the oldest university in Washington, D.C, and the nation's first federally chartered university. Georgetown University is situated 710 feet northwest of Statue of John Carroll.
Riggs Library
Library
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Healy Hall is a National Historic Landmark and the flagship building of the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., United States. Constructed between 1877 and 1879, the hall was designed by Paul J.
Lauinger Library
Library
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The Joseph Mark Lauinger Library is the main library of Georgetown University and the center of the seven-library Georgetown library system that includes 3.5 million volumes. Lauinger Library is situated 420 feet south of Statue of John Carroll.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Burleith and Georgetown.
Burleith
Neighborhood
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Burleith is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C.’s Northwest quadrant. It is bordered by 35th Street NW to the east, Reservoir Road NW and the historic Georgetown district to the south, Whitehaven Park to the north, and Glover-Archbold Park to the west.
Georgetown
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Georgetown is a neighborhood in Washington, D.C., south of Upper Northwest and west of Dupont Circle. It is the oldest part of the city, with buildings dating back to 1751.
Rosslyn
Suburb
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Rosslyn is a heavily urbanized neighborhood in northeastern Arlington County, Virginia, United States. It is in Northern Virginia, north of Arlington National Cemetery and directly across the Potomac River from Georgetown and Foggy Bottom in Washington, D.C. Rosslyn encompasses the Arlington neighborhoods of North Rosslyn and Radnor/Ft.
Statue of John Carroll
- Categories: statue, sculpture, park, and tourism
- Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.90761° or 38° 54′ 27″ northLongitude
-77.07226° or 77° 4′ 20″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
87C4WW5H+23OpenStreetMap ID
node 358958324OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=statueWikidata ID
Q4917608
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Western Panjabi—“Statue of John Carroll” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bishop John Carroll Statue”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال المطران جون كارول”
- French: “Bishop John Carroll”
- Polish: “Pomnik Johna Carrolla w Waszyngtonie”
- Spanish: “Estatua de John Carroll”
- Urdu: “جان کیرول کا مجسمہ”
- Western Panjabi: “جان کیرول دا مجسمہ”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gaston Hall and Healy Lawn.
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