Keating Hall

635 East Fordham Road | also 441 East Fordham Road | Belmont | built 1922

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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1936

    Fordham completes Keating Hall, named for longtime treasurer Joseph Keating

    Keating Hall was finished in 1936 and named for Joseph Keating, S.J., who was Fordham's treasurer from 1910 to 1948. Father Hogan, the university's president, oversaw its construction to house the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, which remains there today. The building also holds three auditoriums and the Blue Chapel on its third floor.

    “…named after Joseph Keating, S.J., the university treasurer from 1910 to 1948…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1936

    President Hogan insists on a tower that costs over thirteen times its estimate

    Keating Hall's Collegiate Gothic design drew on Gasson Hall at Boston College. Fordham's president, Father Hogan, insisted on adding its tower, which was expected to cost an extra $25,000 but ended up costing $343,000. The whole building came to $1.3 million, two to three times the original estimate.

    “…a feature insisted upon by Father Hogan, the university's president, at an additional proposed cost of $25,000 (the tower ultimately cost $343,000 to erect)…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 1936

    June 10

    Fordham holds commencement on Edwards Parade in front of the new Keating Hall

    With Keating Hall complete, Fordham held its first commencement on Edwards Parade, the lawn before the building, on June 10, 1936. Graduations have taken place on Keating's front steps ever since. The steps are engraved with the names of national presidents who have received Fordham degrees, known as the Terrace of the Presidents.

    “…the university hosted its first commencement ceremony on Edwards Parade, the grassy field in front of Keating Hall, on June 10, 1936…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  4. 1973

    William Friedkin shoots scenes for The Exorcist in Keating Hall's basement

    Director William Friedkin used the basement of Keating Hall as a filming location for The Exorcist, released in 1973. Decades later Ron Howard filmed in the same basement for A Beautiful Mind (2001).

    “The basement of Keating was also used as a filming location for William Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973)…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  5. 2009

    U2 plays the steps of Keating Hall live on Good Morning America

    In 2009 the band U2 gave a performance on the front steps of Keating Hall that was broadcast live on Good Morning America. The show promoted the band's album No Line on the Horizon.

    “In 2009, the band U2 performed on the front steps of Keating which aired live on Good Morning America…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  6. 2010

    Wall Street 2 and Fair Game both film in Keating Hall's first-floor auditorium

    Two 2010 films, Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps and Fair Game, each shot a scene in Keating Hall's first-floor auditorium. The building had served as a film set before: its third-floor auditorium appears in a scene from Quiz Show (1994).

    Source: Wikipedia

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