Theological Resource Center

An addition to the Feehan Memorial Library at
the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary

	The University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary is currently in the final phase of its planning for an addition to the Feehan Memorial Library called the Theological Resource center. The addition will proved approximately 20,000 additional square feet to the existing library and will provide improved climate control, increased shelf space for the library's growing collections, private study carrels, seminar rooms, and computer facilities. Designed by Franck, Lohsen, McCrery, Architects of Washington, D.C., the building will blend harmoniously into the Colonial revival architecture of the existing campus. Located to the north of the Main Chapel and to the west of the existing Feehan Memorial Library, the building will continue the formal, axial arrangement established by the University's original architect. It will also provide a safe enclosure for the small courtyard next to the main chapel. This courtyard, labeled the "Theologian's Cloister" on the University's original blueprints, will now form a quiet location for prayer or study. The original pergola which surrounded this court will also be restored. The
Theological Resources center will be joined to the existing library by a second story bridge as well as an underground tunnel.  The ground floor was left open in order to maintain the visual connection between the center of the and Theology classroom building and residence, as well as to preserve a time-honored path to the Main Chapel.
	The new addition will be built of brick and stone carefully chosen to match the hues of buildings of the original campus. The tradition of using inscriptions over the entry doors will be maintained.  The large French doors shown at the left will open into a two-story reading room, and can open out on to a patio if necessary for university functions.
A view into the "Theologian's Cloister."   Back to Resources