The Council of Independent Colleges: Historic Campus Architecture Project

Mabee Library and Learning Resource Center

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Mabee Library and Learning Resource Center (general view), MidAmerica Nazarene University

Mabee Library and Learning Resource Center (detail of entrance), MidAmerica Nazarene University

Institution Name: MidAmerica Nazarene University
Original/Historic Place Name: Mabee Library and Learning Resource Center
Location on Campus: campus mall
Date(s) of Construction:

1985	original construction Hollis & Miller Group Architects

Designer: Hollis and Miller Group Architects (Kansas City, MO)
Type of Place: Individual building
Style: Colonial revival, Postmodern (Glossary)
Significance: architecture, education
Narrative: see below
References: see below

Materials:

Foundation: concrete

Walls: brick

Roof:

Function:

1985-present (2006)

library ( computer lab, archives, Kresge Center, Ministry Resource Center, teacher's education resource center, conference rooms, late night study room)

Narrative:
The Mabee Library and Learning Resource Center has 36,000 square feet and houses the library collections, the university archives, a computer lab, the Kresge Academic Support Center, the Ministry Resource Center, a teachers' education resource center, conference rooms, and a late night study room. It cost $2.3 million to build. $75,000 for construction was donated by the Mabee Foundation, and the library is named in honor of that contribution.

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