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Dental Medicine Library - Evans Building

Dental Medicine Library - Evans Building
240 South 40th Street
Philadelphia
PA
19104

Large-scale dental facility, related in style to Cope &, Stewardson's buildings, but with a frieze of dental tortures. The building recognizes the contribution of one of the great characters of the nineteenth century, Thomas Evans, dentist to the royalty of Europe, who gave a fortune and the site of his home to Penn for a dental institute and museum. The Evans building contains the Leon Levy Library and is entered through the Schattner Center entrance on 40thh Street.

Gross Area (sq. ft.): 
119,446
Floors: 
4
Architect: 
John T. Windrim
Trustee Date: 
6/10/12
Building Code: 
140
Penn Access PDF: 
Accessibility [1]

Source URL: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/dental-medicine-library-evans-building

Links:
[1] http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/pennaccess/PA0140-EvansL.pdf