Riggs Library

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.

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Type: Library
Description: cast-iron library at Georgetown University
Address: DC
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lauinger Library and Statue of John Carroll.

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.

Statue of John Carroll

Work of art

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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.

Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart

Church

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Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, often shortened to Dahlgren Chapel, is a Roman Catholic chapel located in Dahlgren Quadrangle on the main campus of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The chapel was built in 1893, and is located in the historic center of the campus.

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 unincorporated area 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.

Riggs Library

Categories: library room and education
Location: Washington, D.C., Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.90696° or 38° 54′ 25″ north

Longitude

-77.07265° or 77° 4′ 22″ west

Elevation

148 feet (45 metres)

Open location code

87C4WW4G+QW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 367142107

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

OpenStreetMap attribute

wheelchair=yes

Wikidata ID

Q19987820

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