The central seminary building complex resembles the architecture of the Wartburg, where Luther translated the New Testament into German. The impressive seminary tower divides the building into two areas: the residence hall and the dining hall lie to the west; the administration-classroom building, the chapel, and the library to the east. The residence hall, consisting of eight units, can accommodate about 80 students. The dining hall contains the kitchen facilities and a dining area seating approximately 150.
In 2004-05 the chapel was renovated. The redesigned worship space now houses a baptismal font, freestanding altar, and piano. It enjoys greatly enhanced technological capabilities. It also allows for flexible seating. The chancel windows, reredos, and lectern from the previous chapel have been preserved in a new preaching classroom.
The administration-classroom wing contains the offices of the president, vice-president, dean of students, dean of chapel and director of the Pastoral Studies Institute, the business office, and five classrooms. Attached to this wing of the building are the chapel and the library. Three additional classrooms and the synodical archives are located in the area beneath the chapel. The mission advancement offices are located on the west side of the arch, opposite the administration-classroom wing.
An auditorium- gymnasium, with a seating capacity of 1,200 was constructed in 1986. This building provides facilites for interscholastic and intramural sports. It also houses a racquetball court and a weight room equipped with free and machine weights and other fitness equipment. Outdoor recreational facilities include a softball diamond, a soccer field, and a tennis court.
The library building was constructed in 1968, and in 1997 an on-line catalog was completed. The catalog is also on the Internet via the seminary's website. The building also contains office and workshop space, a faculty room, private study rooms, and a multipurpose assembly room. Numbering over 58,000 volumes at present, the library's collection of books and periodicals has grown slowly but steadily with the aid of a modest annual synodical subsidy and a number of generous gifts and bequests. The library provides bibliographic services not only to students and faculty, but also to pastors, teachers, and lay people throughout the synod.
