*Designated as Mikkelsen Library Building Project 

More about the Library's Moses statue,

Ogden Dalrymple, 1954

​​​​​​One of the most memorable features of Augustana's Harold Spitznagel-designed Mikkelsen Library is its stone and concrete colonade. The library entrance's iconic columns and benches are a striking backdrop for photos, people watching, conversations with friends, declarations of love, and proposals of marriage.

Time and the elements have been hard on the library's exterior: steps deteriorating, retaining walls crumbling, and stonework failing. Augustana has engaged the services of TSP to address these issues with a goal of refurbishing and restoring the library's entrance by the end of the calendar year with the added enhancement of a snow mitigation system for those pesky snowstorms that occur across the many days/evenings when the library ​is open and the snow removal team is not available.

If you have library stories or photos to share, we would love to include them in a digital collection we're planning as part of this project. In addition, we invite special gifts to the Library Entrance Fund, ​​​​​​ensuring restoration of the Mikkelsen entrance proclaiming through the architecture:

All are welcome here!