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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
lead from this path, away from the fields, providing
access to the surrounding buildings.
Contributing features:
• Extension of Locust Street past Johnston
Hall
Views and Vistas
Views into the sports fields are available from most
of the buildings surrounding the space, with the
exception of the Breidegam Field House, which
has no windows on that side. There are many
places surrounding the field from which students
can casually view games, such as the open lawns
in front of the dormitories. Recently, the college
constructed a viewing platform as an extension of
the HUB that presents an almost boundless vista of
the sports fields (figure 5-127).
Figure 5-127. Viewing platform at the back of the Haupert Union
Building (west side) (JMA 2008).
Contributing features:
• Views from Johnston Hall entrance plaza
Vegetation
A dominating characteristic of the Sports Quad
is the ring of large trees that shades its perimeter,
including a variety of white and red oaks, maples,
and sycamores (figure 5-128). A grove of pines was
planted on the edge of the field on the southeast
corner, presumably to screen parking in that area,
but they have since become large canopy trees.
Other, smaller, ornamental trees have been planted
on the edges, closer to buildings.
After Breidegam Field House was constructed,
lavish plantings of colorful shrubs were installed
flanking its south entrance and in a small grouping
directly across Locust from the entrance (figure
5-129). It appears that at the same time, the plantings
in front of Johnston were also installed.
Figure 5-128. Ring of large trees around the Sports Quad. Visible
are the façades of Bernhardt and Wilhelm (JMA 2008).
Figure 5-129. Plantings at the entrances to Breidegam (left) and
Johnston (right) (JMA 2008).
Contributing features:
• None identified
Landscape Structures
The most dominant landscape structures within
the Sports Quad character area are the entrances to
Johnston Hall and Breidegam Field House (figure
5-130 and see figure 5-129). The entrance to Johnston
features two native stone wing walls that extend
from the walls of the building, stepping down to
approximately 24” where they are capped with cast
concrete platforms that support two cast concrete
Figure 5-130. Entrance to Johnston Hall. Note native stone wing
walls and mascot sculptures (JMA 2008).
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