Beam Dormitory

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Lutheran Theological Seminary Building: Beam Dormitory

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| image = LutheranSouthernTheological.jpg

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| location = 4201 Main St., Columbia, South Carolina

| coordinates = {{coord|34|2|33.4|N|81|2|18.5|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = South Carolina#USA

| built = 1911

| architect = Charles M. Robinson

| builder = Wise Granite Co.

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| added = August 28, 1979

| area = {{convert|0.5|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000767|title=Columbia MRA}}

| refnum = 79003353{{NRISref|version=2009a}}

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Beam Dormitory was the first permanent building at the American Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina.{{Cite web | last = | first = | title = Lutheran Theological Seminary Building: Beam Dormitory | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date = July 10, 1979 | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740057/S10817740057.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 19 August 2012}}{{Cite web | title = Lutheran Theological Seminary Building: Beam Dormitory, Richland County (4201 Main St., Columbia) | work = National Register Properties in South Carolina | publisher = South Carolina Department of Archives and History | url = http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/richland/S10817740057/index.htm | accessdate = 19 August 2012}} It was built on the highest point in Columbia in 1911 based on a design by noted Virginia architect Charles M. Robinson. The structure was built by Wise Granite Co. It included a chapel, housing, refectory, classrooms, and faculty offices. Beam Hall is now used as a dormitory and also contains office suites, meeting rooms, and an exercise facility.{{cite web|publisher=The Seminary Campus|title=Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary|url=http://www.ltss.edu/visitors_and_friends/the_seminary_campus/|access-date=2011-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529103301/http://www.ltss.edu/visitors_and_friends/the_seminary_campus/|archive-date=2011-05-29|url-status=dead}} The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.