Located directly across from Village A, Ryan Hall, together with the Isaac Hawkins Hall, houses the Spirit of Georgetown Residential Academy, where 148 students live and have the "unique opportunity to reflect on their time at Georgetown through formative activities and events, founded on strong community engagement and ownership."

Loyola Hall, which now forms the “L” of the LXR Residence Hall, was constructed between October 1926 and March 1928 at the corner of 35th and Prospect Streets, NW for an estimated $300,000. Originally built as a wing of the university hospital, Loyola was known as St. Joseph's Hall before its 1956 renaming.

Copley Hall is a residence hall on the western side of the quadrangle at Georgetown University. Designed by Emile G. Perrot, it was built between 1930 and 1932 at a cost of $744,000. It comprises 99,286 square feet. It is named for Father Thomas Copley, S.J. (1596 - 1652), an early Jesuit missionary in Maryland.

Xavier Hall, which now forms the “X” of the LXR Residence Hall, was constructed in 1944 for an estimated $82,000. The building was funded in part by aid furnished under the Lanham Act by the Federal Works Agency to create a residence for nurses enrolled in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. At the time, the building was dedicated to Our Lady of Victory and named St. Mary’s Hall. After the new hospital was constructed, the nurses moved to a closer location in 1956. 

O’Gara Hall, which once stood where Village C now stands, operated as a student dorm from 1946 until 1966. The original date of construction remains unknown, but the building previously functioned as a barn dating back to the time when the University campus was very rural and students traveled via horse drawn carriages. 

The Nevils Building is an apartment-style residential community for Georgetown juniors and seniors. LXR, Nevils, and the Walsh academic building make up Georgetown's East Campus, which is known for its convenient location near M-Street.

The Kober-Cogan building, once located next to the Leavey Center and across from Darnall Hall, was constructed from 1957-1958. Spanning 55,761 square feet, Kober-Cogan was a six-story brick building with each floor containing twenty rooms, separate shower and bathroom facilities, a lounge, and a suitcase storage room.

New South is a traditional style residence hall for freshman and spans 149,167 square feet. After the USSR successfully launched Sputnik in 1957, the United States federal government became eager to promote and invest in higher education. With substantial federal assistance, the University was able to finance the new dorm, breaking ground in September of 1958.

Darnall Hall is a freshman residence hall located on the north side of campus with 336 double occupancy rooms spanning 120,718 square feet.  Designed by Thomas H. Locraft, the building opened in the spring of 1965 as part of a University effort to alleviate housing overcrowding on campus. Darnall opened as an all women’s residence hall and was named after Eleanor Darnall Carroll, the mother of Father John Carroll who founded Georgetown College in 1789.

Harbin Hall is a nine-story freshman dorm located at the center of campus adjacent to Cooper Field, formerly known as Harbin Field. Construction began in August 1963 and was completed in November 1965 making Harbin the University’s first high rise dormitory.  Designed by Cooper and Auerbach and Walter and Madden, each floor has three clusters of eight rooms with each cluster sharing a bathroom. 

Henle Village provided housing for upperclassmen via thirteen small apartment buildings consisting of six to eight four-person and five-person apartments arranged around a stairwell.

Village A provides four-person apartments in a townhouse-style complex connected by catwalks. The rooftop apartments are renowned for their stunning views and the patios that partying undergraduates swarm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. 

Alumni Square is a townhouse-apartment complex that houses students, the Office of Jesuit International Volunteers, and the Society for Values in Higher Education.

Village C West (VCW) and Village C East (VCE), which both house sophomores and upper class students, together form Village C. Village C was completed in September 1987 by Mariani & Associates at a cost of $16,162,104. Spanning 187,026 square feet, Village C was the last in a series of University projects started in 1975 to increase student on-campus housing capacity from 1,500 to 4,100.

Ryder Hall, which now forms the “R” of the LXR Residence Hall, was constructed in 1898 as a residence for medical interns. The building was named for Father James Ryder S.J., an alumnus and then president of the University from 1840-45 and again from 1848-51.

LXR Hall is an upper class residence hall located on 35th Street NW between N Street and Prospect Street. The hall consists of three buildings that were connected during a 1994 renovation.

Arrupe Hall, the University’s newest upperclassmen dorm, is located between Henle Village and the Reiss Science Building, directly across from the Leavey Center. The eight-story building spans 29,845 square feet and houses 225 bed in semi-suite arrangements with shared bathrooms. Each floor includes a kitchen, lounge, and study room.

Gewirz Student Center sits at 120 F Street NW and serves as a residence hall for students at the Georgetown University Law Center. The University’s only graduate student residence hall, Gewirz spans 225,264 square feet and cost an estimated $30 million to construct.

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