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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
and feedback, the consultants prepared the final
Preservation Master Plan.
Project Personnel
Peter C. Benton served as Project Director and
Katherine Farnham served as Project Manager for
the Moravian College Preservation Master Plan. Ms.
Farnham also prepared the historic overview and
context and wrote and edited much of the report
text. Landscape existing conditions assessment,
historic landscape treatment recommendations,
and all project maps were prepared by Christina
Osborn and Laura Knott. Ms. Osborn also compiled
and prepared the report. Wade Catts provided
archeological analysis as part of the landscape
evaluation. Architectural existing conditions
assessment of Moravian College’s buildings and
recommendations for treatment were completed
by Lori Aument, Peter Benton, Katherine Farnham,
and Thomas Scofield.
The College will receive hard and electronic copies
of the final document so it is readily available for
distribution to the College community and beyond.
An electronic version of the document will be made
available to the general public by inclusion on the
College website.
Preservation Issues
Overall, Moravian College possesses a distinctive
collection of historic buildings and surrounding
landscapes. While there is some variation in
the historic significance, physical integrity, and
overall conditions of the buildings and landscapes,
some common preservation issues are apparent
throughout the campus.
Buildings:
• Need for ongoing and preventive
maintenance.
• Need for historically appropriate
maintenance.
• Historical integrity of building exteriors.
• Appropriateness and functionality of
interior treatments.
• ADA accessibility.
• Installation and upgrading of building
systems (mechanical, fire safety,
technology, HVAC, etc.).
Landscapes:
• Need for ongoing and preventive
maintenance.
• Need for historically appropriate design.
• Historical integrity of features and
characteristics.
• High archeological sensitivity in the Hurd
Campus.
• Appropriateness of previous changes in
the landscape.
1.2 How to Use the
Guidelines
The Moravian College Preservation Master Plan is
intended to be a reference resource and a guide to
the ongoing stewardship of the College’s historic
buildings and landscapes. It takes a broad view
of the College’s history and physical character to
understand how the College sees itself and how
it has chosen to accommodate change over time.
Out of this view, the plan provides guidance for
decision making about the future, recommending
strategies and priorities for preserving significant
historic resources and using those resources to
enhance the College’s character as change occurs.
The preservation plan outlines a set of basic
preservation principles and explains how they can
be intelligently applied to the College’s historic
buildings and landscapes. Every building and
landscape presents unique issues and opportunities,
and every campus project is different. Without a set
of guidelines to follow, it can be difficult to identify
all of the issues that might arise in a maintenance,
repair, or construction project.
The Moravian College Preservation Master Plan will
help the College manage change in ways that
recognize and preserve significant building and
landscape resources. Along with being a planning
document, the preservation plan is a chronicle
of the College’s physical development up to this
point, presenting an existing-conditions snapshot
that will form a background reference and basis for
comparison during future planning initiatives.
In undertaking preparation of the Moravian College
Preservation Master Plan, existing historic resources
were reviewed, character-defining features were
identified, and treatments were recommended.
Design guidelines for the appropriate treatment of
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