Paul Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
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Building
Title: Paul Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library
Address: 2300 I Street, N.W.
Square and lot, bordering streets: Square 40 and 41 (H, I, 23rd, 24th Streets)
Architect: Mills, Petticord & Mills
Date of construction: 1970-73
Original owner: Unknown
Description: Paul Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library is part of Ross Hall, the greater seven-story reinforced concrete building which occupies nearly three-quarters of a block and which was built by the J.W. Bateson Company. In addition to the library, it contains lecture halls, science classrooms, and a sub-basement parking garage. Above the top floor is a false front with vertical openings, which gives the massive building a decorative touch. The library was dedicated on May 24, 1973 and named for Paul Himmelfarb. Caspar W. Weinberger, then Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare gave the dedication address. Paul Himmelfarb came from a small Russian village, now part of Poland, to Baltimore when he was thirteen years old in 1890. He later became a salesman and partner for the Sherwood Oil Company. Eventually he sold his oil holdings and focused on real estate and philanthropy.
The University Mall, which abuts the Foggy Bottom metro station entrance and hospital, was completed and dedicated in 1980.
Historic designation: None
Document Information
Images: 1
Photographic Credit: GW University Historical Photographs Collection
Author or Source: Reconnaissance-Level Architectural Survey of Properties in Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C., 1999; University Archives collections
Document Location: University Archives
Date Added to Encyclopedia: December 21, 2006
Prepared by: Lyle Slovick, Assistant University Archivist
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