# Corcoran Hall

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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Corcoran Hall
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Corcoran Hall, GWU.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = 725 21st St., NW<br />[Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)
| coordinates  = {{coord|38|53|57|N|77|2|48|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = United States Washington, D.C.
| area         = less than one acre
| built        = 1924
| architect    = [Albert L. Harris](/source/Albert_L._Harris) & [Arthur B. Heaton](/source/Arthur_B._Heaton)
| architecture = [Colonial Revival](/source/Colonial_Revival_architecture)
| added        = April 12, 1991
| mpsub        =
| refnum       = 90001545<ref name="nris">{{NRISref |refnum=90001545|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''Corcoran Hall''' is an academic building on the campus of [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University) in [Washington, D.C.](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.)  It was listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites in 1987 and the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1991.

==History==
Corcoran Hall was the first building built on the university's [Foggy Bottom](/source/Foggy_Bottom) campus.<ref name= gwu>{{cite web|url= http://encyclopedia.gwu.edu/gwencyclopedia/index.php?title=Corcoran_Hall |title= Corcoran Hall |publisher= George Washington University |access-date=2012-03-21|last=|first=}}</ref>  The building was designed by  architects [Albert L. Harris](/source/Albert_L._Harris) and [Arthur B. Heaton](/source/Arthur_B._Heaton) in the [Colonial Revival](/source/Colonial_Revival_architecture) style.  It was dedicated on October 28, 1924, and named after [William Wilson Corcoran](/source/William_Wilson_Corcoran), who was President of the Trustees and benefactor of the university.  Nuclear physicist [George Gamow](/source/George_Gamow) both taught and did research in the building from 1934 to 1956.  The [bazooka](/source/bazooka) was developed in the basement during World War II.  The physics department is now housed in the building.

==Architecture==
The Colonial Revival building is a four-story structure with a concrete and steel frame.  The exterior is covered in red brick laid in [Flemish bond](/source/Flemish_bond) and trimmed in [limestone](/source/limestone).   The rectangular structure is {{convert|136|ft|m|0}} wide and {{convert|55|ft|m|0}} deep.<ref name= gwu/>   The main entrance to the building is in the center of the main [facade](/source/facade) and is flanked by four segmental arched windows on each side.  The upper stories are similarly symmetrical with rectangular windows.  A simple [cornice](/source/cornice) frames the top of the building.  A [cupola](/source/cupola) tops the structure.

==See also==
{{commonscat|Corcoran Hall}}
*[H.B. Burns Memorial Building](/source/H.B._Burns_Memorial_Building)
*[Fulbright Hall](/source/Fulbright_Hall)
*[Madison Hall](/source/Madison_Hall)
*[Munson Hall](/source/Munson_Hall)
*[Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Hall](/source/Jacqueline_Bouvier_Kennedy_Onassis_Hall)
*[Stockton Hall](/source/Stockton_Hall)
*[Hattie M. Strong Residence Hall](/source/Hattie_M._Strong_Residence_Hall)

==References==
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{{GWU|show=no}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

Category:University and college buildings and structures completed in 1924
Category:University and college buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.
Category:Colonial Revival architecture in Washington, D.C.
Category:George Washington University buildings and structures
Category:Buildings and structures in Foggy Bottom
Category:Corcoran family
Category:1924 establishments in Washington, D.C.

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