Dahlgren Chapel

Name: Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart
Location: Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Year Completed: 2014
GC: Manhattan Construction

This project was featured in a December 2014 issue of Engineering News-Record.

Dahlgren Chapel of the Sacred Heart, surrounded on three sides by Georgetown’s oldest buildings to form Dahlgren Quadrangle, is not only one of the campus’ iconic structures, but also a historic local landmark.

Dedicated in 1893, Dahlgren Chapel is a century younger than Georgetown University itself, but it is old enough to have become the physical embodiment of a deep faith and spiritual sustenance at the nation’s oldest Catholic University. It is a haven of tranquility and repose, acting as the spiritual heart of the Georgetown community. In this sacred space, generations of students, faculty, staff and alumni have attended Mass, exchanged sacred vows at weddings, found reconciliation in confessions, were baptized into the faith or simply stole a quiet moment to recenter their lives.