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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
sculptures of recumbent greyhounds, the college
mascot.
The entrance to Breidegam is newer and more
elaborate, consisting of a cascade of concrete stairs,
landings, ramps, and planters leading from the
hyphen that connects the building with Johnston
and provides the primary entrance.
Between Reeves Library and Johnston Hall is the
large utility structure housing the central electrical
feed for the campus (Schamberger 2008, personal
communication) (figure 5-131).
Contributing features:
• Johnston Field House entrance
of prehistoric (Native American) archeological sites
in the lower Lehigh valley reveal that sites are
frequently located in the floodlplain and on the
terrace and upland immediately adjacent to the
floodplain of drainages such as Monacacy Creek
(Siegel et al. 1999:68-74). Therefore the archeological
potential for Native American sites within the
Sports Quad area is likely to be moderate to high.
Archeological remains of the early twentiethcentury
housing that was demolished in the 1960s
and 1990s may also be present, but the significance
of such remains is considered to be low.
Signifi cance and Integrity Evaluation
Johnston Hall was built in 1952 as a modern new
field house for athletics and large events. The
building has a sweeping modernist horizontal
character with its low-pitched roof, horizontal
bands of windows, and deep eaves. However, it also
incorporates details reminiscent of the eighteenthcentury
Moravian buildings downtown, such as
stone veneer exterior walls and simulated buttresses.
Johnston Hall is an example of a mid-twentiethcentury
field house and was the first new athletic
constructed on campus since the Gymnasium was
built in 1913. The exterior of Johnston Hall possesses
high integrity to the 1950s.
Figure 5-131. Utility structure behind Johnston Hall and Reeves
Library (JMA 2008).
Site Furnishings and Objects
Site furnishings and objects contained within
the Sports Quad character area include benches,
concrete or metal and wood; trash containers; picnic
tables; lighting standards supporting Colonialstyle
lanterns; a flagpole in front of Jo Smith Hall; a
blue-painted metal bike rack in front of Breidegam;
and a large stone masonry and concrete scoreboard
in front of Jo Smith (see figures 5-124 through 5-126
and 5-129).
Contributing features:
• None identified
Archeological Features
No archeological resources are presently known
or recorded within the Sports Quad character area.
However, the western boundary of this character
area is formed by the terrace and upland adjacent
to the Monocacy Creek floodplain. Previous studies
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