Evanston Campus Accessible Entrances

POD = Power Operated Doors

*For more information on attending programming in buildings marked with a "*", please call Disability Services at 847-467-5530

Listing by Location

North Campus
South Campus
Athletic Facilities


Alphabetical Listing


South Campus

Rebecca Crown Center
633 Clark Street
Home of University Administrative Offices
Located north of Elgin Road, between Chicago and Sherman avenues
Accessible Entrances (3):
- Northwest doors - POD
- Northeast doors - POD
- Southwest doors - POD

*Note- Ramp to central plaza area is located at the southeast corner of the plaza

Lutkin Hall
700 University Place
Located on University Place, northwest of the Rebecca Crown center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Southwest entrance to building - POD

Human Resources Department
720 University Place
Located on University Place, directly west of Lutkin Hall, north of Music Administration Building
Accessible Entrance (1) :
- East entrance to building - ring bell for assistance

Engelhart Hall
1915 Maple Avenue
Located on Emerson Street, west of Sherman, one block North of ITEC
Accessible Entrance (1):
- West entrance to building

Music Administration Building*
711 Elgin Road
School of Music
Located on north side of Clark Street (Elgin Road), west of Rebecca Crown Center

Scott Hall
601 University Place
Home of Disability Services and other campus resources
Located west of Sheridan Road, across from the Arch
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South side of building - POD, entrance to basement, elevator down hall on left with access to all floors

Cahn Auditorium
600 Emerson Street
Located on Emerson Street, west of Sheridan Road, adjacent to Scott Hall
Accessible Entrance (1):
- North entrance of building - POD, entrance to main floor, elevator on left with access to all floors

Alice Millar Chapel*
1870 Sheridan Road
Located south of Sheridan Road, east of Chicago Avenue
Accessible Entrances (4):
- Two entrances on southwest side of building - POD
- North side of building - elevator to immediate left with limited, keyed access
- East side of building
All entrances to first floor, limited elevator access

Parkes Hall *
1870 Sheridan Road
Adjacent to Alice Millar Chapel
Accessible Entrances:
- Two entrances on southwest side of building - POD, entrance to first floor, limited elevator access

University Relations
555 Clark Street
Located on northeast corner of Clark Street and Chicago Avenue
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Northeast entrance to building, elevator straight ahead

University Police *
1819 Hinman Avenue
Located on east side of Hinman Avenue, south of Sheridan Road

Admissions/Financial Aid Offices
1801 Hinman Avenue
Located on northeast corner of Hinman Avenue and Clark Street
Accessible Entrances (2):
- West entrance to building (main entrance) - POD, elevator to left with access to all floors
- Northeast entrance to building - elevator to right, then left

John Evans Alumni Center
1800 Sheridan Road
Located on northwest corner of Clark Street and Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South entrance of building - POD, ramp is at southwest corner of building

McManus Living-Learning Center
1725 Orrington Avenue
Located on east side of Orrington Avenue, between Clark and Church streets
Accessible Entrance (1):
- North entrance to building

University Development, 2020 Ridge Avenue
2020 Ridge Avenue
Accessible Entrances (2) :
- East doors
- West doors

ITEC
1801 Maple Avenue
Located on northeast corner of Maple Avenue and Clark Street, west of Benson Avenue
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Southwest doors are accessible - elevator down hall to left with access to all floors

Levere Memorial Temple *
1856 Sheridan Road
Located on south side of Sheridan Road, directly east of Alice Millar Chapel

Crowe Hall
Adjacent to Kresge Hall, north of Sheridan Road, west of McCormick Tribune Center
Main entrance is accessible

Kresge Centennial Hall
1880 Campus Drive
Adjacent to Crowe Hall, west of McCormick Tribune Center
Accessible Entrances (2):
- North entrance of building - POD, entrance to ground floor, elevator on left with access to all floors
- East entrance of building - entrance to ground floor, turn right at hallway, elevator down hall on right with access to all floors

Harris Hall *
1881 Sheridan Road
History Department
Located south of the rock, west of Kresge and Crowe Halls
Accessible entrance (1):
- North entrance - POD, entrance to first floor, no elevator access

University Hall
1897 Sheridan Road
American Studies Department
Located north of the rock, north of Harris Hall
Accessible entrance (1):
- Southeast corner of building - POD, entrance to basement, elevator down hall on left with access to all floors

McCormick Tribune Center
1870 Campus Drive
Medill School of Journalism
Located on west side of Campus Drive, directly east of Kresge Hall
Accessible Entrances (3):
- South doors - POD
- North doors
- East doors - POD
Elevator access to all floors, elevator located at South end of building

Fisk Hall
1845 Sheridan Road
Medill School of Journalism
Located on the northwest corner of Sheridan Road and Campus Drive, south of McCormick Tribune Center
Accessible Entrances (2):
- Northeast corner of building - POD, entrance to first floor, elevator to immediate right with access to all floors
- Northwest doors of building - entrance to corridor between Locy Hall and Fisk Hall, turn right to enter Fisk Hall, entrance on first floor, elevator down hall, turn left, it will be on your left with access to all floors
*Note: No balcony access for wheelchairs on third floor

Locy Hall*
1850 Campus Drive
Geology Department
Adjacent to Fisk Hall, southeast of McCormick Tribune Center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Southwest side of building - entrance to first floor

Louis Hall
1877 Campus Drive
Located on the east side of Campus Drive, across from McCormick Tribune Center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- West entrance - entrance to first floor, elevator to right of stairs w/ access to all floors

Marshall Dance Center
10 Arts Circle Drive
Located east of Campus Drive, west of Arts Circle Drive, adjacent to Louis Hall
Accessible Entrances (2) :
- South entrance
- Northwest entrance to building
Elevator access to all floors

Theatre and Interpretation Center
1949 Campus Drive
Located on east side of Campus Drive, adjacent to Marshall Dance Center and Louis Hall
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Southeast entrance to building - elevator to right with access to all floors

Block Museum
40 Arts Circle Drive
Located on west side of Arts Circle Drive, adjacent to Theatre and Interpretation Center, south of Norris
University Center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Main entrance (east side) - POD, elevator to immediate right of main entrance with access to all floors

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
50 Arts Circle Drive
Located on north side of Arts Circle Drive, southeast of Norris University Center
Accessible Entrances (2):
- Main entrance (west side) - entrance to first floor, wheelchair seating available on main floor
- Southeast (stage) entrance is accessible - entrance to first floor, stage is wheelchair accessible

Regenstein Hall of Music*
60 Arts Circle Drive
Located on east side of Arts Circle Drive, southeast of Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Accessible Entrances (2) :
- Two on west side of building - entrance to first floor, enter through doors, elevator on the left, keyed elevator access to all floors

Norris University Center
1999 Campus Drive
Located on east side of Campus Drive, across from University Library
Accessible Entrances:
- Main entrance (west side) - POD, lift to first floor, elevators on right with access to all floors
- Southeast entrance - POD, ramp to ground floor, elevators to left with access to all floors

Annie May Swift Hall
1920 Campus Drive
School of Communication; WNUR-FM studios
Located north of Kresge Hall, northeast of University Hall
Accessible Entrances (2):
- East entrance - POD, ramp to basement, lift access to first floor
- North entrance - outdoor lift to WNUR studios - no classroom access from this entrance

University Library
1970 Campus Drive
Located on west side of Campus Drive, across from Norris University Center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Main entrance (southwest entrance) - POD, lift to first floor, elevators down hall and to the left with access to all floors

Deering Library
1935 Sheridan Road
Adjacent to University Library, northwest of Annie May Swift Hall, southeast of Leverone Hall
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Enter through University Library, elevator located in government publications with access to all floors,
please ask for assistance

Leverone Hall
2001 Sheridan Road
Located on east side of Sheridan Road, adjacent to Arthur Andersen Hall
Accessible Entrances (2):
- Two entrances on southeast side of building - entrance to first floor, elevators down hall on right with access to all floors

Arthur Andersen Hall
2003 Sheridan Road
Located on east side of Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrances (4):
- Southwest side of building - POD, entrance to first floor, elevators to left
- Two on northeast side of building - entrance to first floor, elevators to left
- Northwest side of building - entrance to first floor, elevators to right
Elevator access to all floors

Swift Hall*
2029 Sheridan Road
Psychology Department
Located on west side of Campus Drive, north of University Library
Accessible Entrances (2):
- South doors - enter through Cresap Laboratory, elevator down hall on left
- West doors - POD, enter through Cresap Laboratory , elevator down hall on right

*Note: In order to reach Swift Hall, take Cresap elevator to level 3, turn left and follow hallway to Swift Hall. There will be a keyed elevator to your right just before the staircase with access to all floors.

Cresap Laboratory
2021 Sheridan Road
Located on west side of Campus Drive, west of Central Utility Plant, north of University Library, adjacent to Swift Hall
Accessible Entrances (2) :
- South doors - elevator down hall on left
- West doors - POD, elevator down hall on right
Elevator access to all floors

Lunt Hall*
2033 Sheridan Road
Mathematics Department
Located on east side of Sheridan Road, directly north of Arthur Andersen Hall
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Back entrance at northwest side of building - POD, entrance to first floor, no elevator access

Shanley Pavilion
(site of student theater productions)
2031 Sheridan Road
Located directly east of Lunt Hall, north of Arthur Andersen Hall
Accessible entrance:
- Limited wheelchair access at main entrance - ramped, but quite narrow

Searle Hall
633 Emerson Street
Student Health Services
Located on the north side of Emerson Street between Sheridan Road and Orrington Ave.
Accessible Entrance (1):
- East entrance to building - POD, entrance to first floor, elevator access to all floors

Foster-Walker Complex
1927 Orrington Avenue
Located on Orrington Ave. between Foster Street and Emerson Street
Accessible Entrances (4):
- North entrance
- East entrance
- South entrance
- West entrance to building
Keyed elevator access to all floors available

Transportation Center
600 Foster Street
Located at the southwest comer of Sheridan Road and Foster Street, across from Arthur Andersen Hall
Accessible Entrance (1):
- East entrance to building

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North Campus

See also:
Evanston South Campus
Athletic Facilities
Chicago Campus

Annenberg Hall
2120 Campus Drive
School of Education and Social Policy
Located on north side of Campus Drive, west of the Allen Center parking lot
Accessible Entrances (2):
- West entrance to building - entrance to first floor, elevators on left with access to all floors
- East entrance - POD, entrance to ground floor, elevators on right with access to all floors

Nanofabrication Center
2190 Campus Drive
Located west of Campus Drive, directly north of Annenberg Hall
Accessible Entrances (2):
- East entrance to building - elevator to right, then left, it will be on the left With access to all floors
- North entrance - POD, elevator straight ahead with access to all floors

Dearborn Observatory
2131 Tech Drive
Located directly west of the Nanofabrication Center
Accessible Entrance (1):
- East entrance to building - entrance to first floor

Catalysis Center
2137 Tech Drive
Located east of Nanofabrication Center, directly north of Dearborn Observatory
Accessible Entrance (1):
- North entrance to building

Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion
Located west of Campus Drive, northeast of Annenberg Hall, northwest of Allen Center
Accessible Entrances (2):
- East entrance of building
- West entrance

Allen Center
2169 Campus Drive
Located on northwest edge of the lagoon, east of Campus Drive, across from Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Main entrance (west) - POD, elevators to front-left with access to all floors

Hogan Biological Sciences Building
2205 Tech Drive
Located directly northwest of Pancoe-ENH Life Sciences Pavilion, west of Campus Drive
Accessible Entrances (2):
- Northeast entrance - elevator down hallway, access to all floors
- Southwest entrance - elevator straight ahead with access to all floors

Cook Hall
2220 Campus Drive
Located north of Hogan Biological Sciences Building, east of Technological Institute (attached via walkway)
Accessible Entrance (1):
- North entrance to building

Mudd Library
2233 Tech Drive
Located north of Cook Hall, east of Technological Institute
Accessible Entrances (2):
- South entrance - enter via walkway from Cook Hall, elevator to right with access to all floors
- Southwest entrance - enter via walkway from Technological Institute, elevator to right with access to all floors

Frances Searle Building
2240 Campus Drive
Located west of Campus Drive, south of SPAC
Accessible Entrance (1):
- West entrance of building - POD, entrance to first floor, elevator straight ahead with access to all floors

Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road
Located on east side of Sheridan Road, between Haven Street and Noyes Street
Accessible Entrances (5):
- Northeast entrance - entrance to ground floor, elevator down hall on right
- Northwest entrance - entrance to ground floor, turn left, elevator on right
- Southeast entrance - entrance to ground floor, elevator down hall on left
- Southwest entrance - entrance to ground floor
- Main doors (west entrance) - POD, entrance to first floor
Elevators located throughout building with access to all floors

Family Institute
618 Library Place
Located on south side of Library Place, between Orrington Avenue and Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrance (1):
- North entrance - entrance to first floor

Louis and Saeree Fiedler Hillel Center
629 Foster Street
Located on north side of Foster Street, between Orrington Avenue and Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South entrance - POD, elevator straight ahead on left with access to all floors

Blomquist Recreation Center
617 Foster Street
Located on north side of Foster Street, between Orrington Avenue and Sheridan Road, directly east of Hillel
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South entrance - POD

Sheil Catholic Center*
2110 Sheridan Road
Located on southwest corner of Garrett Place and Sheridan Road, west of Garrett Evangelical
Theological Seminary
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South entrance - entrance to first floor

Lutheran Center
2204 Orrington Avenue
Located on west side of Orrington Avenue, between Haven Street and Noyes Street
Accessible Entrance (1):
- East entrance

Norris Aquatics Center
2311 Campus Drive
Located east of Campus Drive, north of Frances Searle Building, adjacent to Henry Crown Sports Pavilion
Accessible Entrance (1):
Enter through Henry Crown Sports Pavilion

Henry Crown Sports Pavilion / Combe Tennis Center (SPAC)
2311 Campus Drive
Located east of Campus Drive, north of Frances Searle Building
Accessible Entrance (1):
- Main entrance (west doors) - entrance to first floor

International Office*
630 Dartmouth Place
Located on South side of Dartmouth Place, between Orrington Avenue and Sheridan Road

Career Services
630 Lincoln Street
Located on south side of Lincoln Street, between Orrington Avenue and Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrance (1) :
- Located on west (left) side of central courtyard

Patten Gymnasium
2407 Sheridan Road
Located at southeast corner of Lincoln Street and Sheridan Road
Accessible Entrance (1):
- South entrance (please call staff member for assistance)

*For more information on attending programming in these buildings, please call Disability Services at (847) 467-5530

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Athletic Facilities

See also:
Evanston North Campus
Evanston South Campus
Chicago Campus

Ryan Field
1501 Central Street
Located at the northeast corner of Central Street and Ashland Avenue
(3/4 Mile Northwest of Northwestern's Evanston Campus)
Accessible Entrances can be found all around the stadium

* Note: Accessible seating can be found throughout the stadium, please ask stadium ushers for assistance

Welsh-Ryan Arena / McGaw Memorial Hall
Basketball and volleyball arena, field house
2705 Ashland Avenue
Located in athletic complex, adjacent to and directly north of Ryan Field
Accessible Entrance:
- Entrance at the south side of the arena (main entrance) is accessible - POD, entrance is at floor level, elevator access to all levels

*Note: Please ask arena ushers for assistance to accessible seating

Coon Sports Center
2707 Ashland Avenue
Located adjacent to athletic complex, directly northwest of Ryan Field
Accessible Entrance (1):
- East side of building

Nicolet Football Center
2707 Ashland Avenue
Located adjacent to athletic complex, connected to Coon Sports Center
Enter through Coon Sports Center

Trienens Hall
2707 Ashland Avenue
Located directly north of Coon Sports Center and Nicolet Football Center
Enter through Coon Sports Center

Harold Anderson Hall
2701 Ashland Avenue
Located in athletic complex, directly northeast of Ryan Field
Accessible Entrances (2):
- Two entrances on the south side of the building - enter on first floor