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second wall supports a tall, sheared evergreen
hedge. The courtyard serves as a classroom for
informal instruction and was constructed in 1992
(Schamberger 2008, personal communication).
Contributing features:
• None identified
Site Furnishings and Objects
Site furnishings and objects within the Monocacy
Quad character area include wood and steel
benches, steel trash cans, light standards supporting
Colonial-style lanterns, building identification
signage, the split rail fence at the north end of the
quad, and several boulders placed as ornament in
a few planting beds (see figures 5-102 through 5-107).
It does not appear that any of these site furnishings
and objects is historic.
Contributing features:
• None identified
Archeological Features
No archeological resources are presently known
or recorded within the Monacacy Quad character
area. Prior to the creation of the North Main Street
Campus the Hamilton House, built circa 1820, was
already in existence as a residence for the farm that
comprised the original tract. While the character
area has been modified by college landscaping,
archeological potential of this property is
considered to be high. Material remains associated
with the occupants of the farm complex may be
present. Besides the house, a working farm would
have included barns, wells, privies, sheds, midden
areas, and other outbuildings – archeological
remains of these resources may still be extant
beneath the present ground surface. The locations
of those former structures at the farmstead are
not currently known. The potential for prehistoric
(Native American) archeological resources is likely
to be low in this character area.
Signifi cance and Integrity Evaluation
As a redeveloped historic streetscape, this character
area has significance only in its relationship to the
larger historic campus and town fabric. Historic
integrity is only fair due to the removal of the street
and the houses that lined its west side.
Colonial Hall Character Area
The Colonial Hall character area includes the
western third of the block between Elizabeth
Avenue to the north, Locust Street to the south,
and Main Street to the west (figure 5-108). Within
this area are Colonial Hall and two early twentiethcentury
residences at the southwest corner of the
block. A number of large trees provide a shady
canopy over much of the area; flowering trees and
shrubs provide a layer of vegetation throughout.
Natural Systems and Features
The Colonial Hall character area does not include
any notable natural features.
Contributing features:
• None identified
Buildings
Colonial Hall was constructed in 1929 to provide
student dormitory housing for the college. In 1930,
a second building was constructed perpendicular
to Colonial Hall and initially housed the Moravian
Church Archives (figure 5-109). A third building
was originally planned to mirror the Archives
building and complete a quadrangle on that
corner, but it was never built. Colonial Hall and the
Archives building were constructed of stone in a
style echoing the European buildings of the early
Moravian settlement, with modern revival details,
such as wooden shutters installed on the buildings
combined to create a picturesque small complex
surrounding a wide lawn (Moravian College
2007:7-9; Reker and Reid 1992:17).
In 2001, an addition was made between these two
buildings and enclosed what had been an open
walkway with an entrance constructed of stone with
a brick arch at the juncture of the buildings (figures
5-110 and 5-111). The addition was constructed
in brick, perhaps an attempt to differentiate new
from old construction and yet relate to the original
brick arch. The arched entrance was reconstructed
and the lantern that hung over it was retained and
reinstalled over the new entrance. Instead of being
attached to the reconstructed brick arch, it was
installed about two feet higher, on the stone wall.
On the southwest corner of the block are two early
twentieth century brick residences, originally
constructed as variations on the basic American
Four-Square type, a boxy, two-story house with
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