Higher Education · Library Renewal
Lucy Lester Willet Memorial Library
Wesleyan College · Macon, Georgia
Wesleyan kept its 34,500-square-foot library open through a three-phase renewal that added a 24-hour academic resource center, group-study rooms, and a makerspace.
- Original record
- 1968–69
- Area
- 34,500 SF
- Academic Resource Center
- Open 24 hours
- Completed
- 2022
The project
Dunwody and Co. completed the three-story library in the late 1960s—the firm dates it to 1969 and Wesleyan’s archive to 1968. Renovation planning began in 2015, and the building remained open as work moved through three construction phases.
The project replaced the air-handling, lighting, sprinkler, and fire-alarm systems; exposed and painted the waffle-slab concrete ceilings; and opened the main stair with glass panels and aluminum rails.
The first floor now holds a 24-hour Academic Resource Center with testing, writing, and computer labs. Upstairs are group-study rooms, student lounges, and a makerspace for sewing, crafts, and hands-on projects. The final phase was completed in 2022.
Research record
Sources and provenance
Project facts and photography were archived from the firm’s public portfolio and cross-checked against the supplementary sources below.
Library photography courtesy of Sheridan Construction, as credited by the firm.