Georgetown University's flagship building, Healy Hall, Washington, D.C.

ID: 2290 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol Highsmith ~ Date: between 1980 and 2006
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Georgetown University's flagship building, Healy Hall, Washington, D.C.
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Named for its president, Patrick Francis Healy, at the time the building opened in 1879. It was once a student tradition to steal the clock tower's hands and mail them to the Vatican in Rome, which would stamp them "return to sender" and return them to the university.

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Named for Patrick Francis Healy, then the President of Georgetown University, Healy Hall began construction in November 1877 and was largely finished by 1879. Reverend Healy consulted with a number of prominent architects, but decided to select the…