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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
Figure 5-87. Brick and concrete entrance gateway from Locust
into the campus. (JMA 2008).
The most recently installed landscape structure
in this character area is the monument sign
at the corner of Main Street and Elizabeth
Avenue, constructed in May 2003 (figure 5-88)
(Schamberger 2008, personal communication).
The sign is composed of what appears to be cast
concrete, inscribed with the words, “Founded 1742,
Moravian College.” The sign is supported on a low
limestone wall and two limestone piers, all capped
in stone or concrete. The wall extends to form a
narrow planter in front of the sign.
Contributing features:
• Central walk gateway
Figure 5-89. Statue of John Amos Comenius located in the front
lawn of Comenius Hall. (JMA 2008).
Moravian Church in Czechoslovakia to Moravian
college as “an expression of friendship between
the people of Czechoslovakia and the people of the
United States” (figure 5-89).
Other site furnishings and objects include the metal
handrail that flanks the stairway of the central walk,
four benches and three trash receptacles along Main
Street, four benches and one trash receptacle along
the trace of the north arm of the circular drive, and
spotlights aimed at the front of Comenius Hall and
at the Comenius statue (see figures 5-75, 5-78, and
5-89).
Large, white, PVA drainage pipes have been
installed to direct water away from the building.
Their size and color detract from the historic
character of the area (see figure 5-83).
Contributing features:
• None identified
Archeological Features
Figure 5-88. Moravian College monument sign at Main and
Elizabeth. (JMA 2008).
Site Furnishings and Objects
Most of the site furnishings and objects within
the Comenius Lawn character area are of recent
vintage, including the statue of John Amos
Comenius, which was installed in 1960. The base
supports a bronze plaque that described the statue
as a gift from Charles University in Prague and the
No archeological resources are presently known
or recorded within the Comenius Lawn character
area. The area has been heavily landscaped and
modified since the creation of the college. Despite
the landscaping, archeological remains associated
with the farm complex that occupied this area
prior to the creation of the college may be present.
A working farm would have included a dwelling
house (nearby Hamilton Hall, see Old Quad
Character Area description), barns, wells, privies,
sheds, other outbuildings, trash midden areas, and
fencelines – archeological remains of these resources
may still be extant beneath the present ground
surface. The locations of those former structures at
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