So I'm confused do you want a sans or not? (the wording was a bit ambiguous)

If you do want a sans, i'd recommend Storm's John Sans as both Mrs. Eaves and John Sans are based on the Baskerville face.

Mrs Eaves is not something I would suggest for 'way finding' signage.

LOL, at BYU they used Mrs. Eaves for everything )(I think it musta been some type of "official" university face or sumfin). I don't see why you should discount signage!
But seriously I agree with Kyle. A good, sturdy sans seems a more likely candidate for this type of thing than Mrs. Eaves.

paul. actually byu's official typeface is ... i believe ... hoefler text. the design department however does tend to use mrs. eaves a lot. or they did when i was teaching there.

:^D i was only joking, miss tiff. i just made that remark because mrs. eaves is overused on that campus.

What is BYU?

I agree that Mrs Eaves shouldn't be used for "way finding"; but he said the signage was for "you are here", not "this way".

If the wording of your final sentence, Massimo, meant that you wanted a sans-serif, I am enamoured with Slimbach's Myriad (Bold or Semibold may be appropriate); but I am unsure how well a fit that makes with Mrs Eaves.

BYU = Brigham Young University, my alma mater

Yes, Micah, that's exactly what I was thinking about. I thougt of Helvetica neue compressed also, or Metron from Storm.

i'm in love with storm recently. someday when i'm rich im gonna buy their whole library. i'd definately choose metron over helvetica.

Metron is great, but I think Dyna Grotesk is better. I think it would work very well with Mrs. Eaves. John Sans is a great suggestion tho. Preface from Nick (Shinntype) could be more interesting tho, a little unexpected.