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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
• Illuminate vertical planes for orientation,
expression of architecture, and termination of
important vistas.
• Reduce light pollution by ensuring that all new
lighting directs light towards the ground to
eliminate the upward spill of ambient light. See
the International Dark Sky Association website
(www.darksky.org) for further guidance.
• Ensure that any new underground electrical
lines are placed with full consideration given
to possible impacts on potential archeological
resources and the root zone of historic trees.
• Consider the use of lights powered by
photovoltaic cells to reduce energy consumption
on campus.
Signage
A variety of signage types currently characterizes
the Moravian campus and contributes to a lack
of a consistent visual identity for the campus.
A comprehensive plan for campus signage is
recommended in order to solidify this visual
identity. Such a plan would provide graphic
standards, technical specifications, and sign detail
drawings that should be consistently applied to all
new signage at Moravian College:
• Develop a new signage palette for building
identification markers and informational signs
throughout the campus.
• Mark historic resources on campus either
through the placement of state historical
markers or a system of campus-specific
markers. An alternative to markers is a tour
guide/brochure describing historic resources
on the Moravian campus. The brochure could
be made available at the Office of Admissions,
and distributed with admissions packages
and through local tourism and preservation
organizations.
• Consider installing markers indicating the
Latin and common names of historic or
unusual plant materials on campus that are
not currently identified. These would include,
for example, the purple beeches at Comenius
Lawn, the historic sycamores in Monocacy
Quad, and other trees thought to be historic or
unusual.
Commemorative Features and Art Works
Commemorative features include monuments and
memorials of various sizes, scales, and materials,
as well as special tree plantings. Artworks on
campus include historic statuary that should be
professionally treated or non-historic items that
could be included in maintenance plans. These
objects provide important links to historical
and more recent events and persons associated
with the college. Together with their landscape
setting, they are integral components of the entire
campus. To adequately plan for their retention and
maintenance, as well as future additions, consider
the guidelines that follow.
• Create a long-term plan and vision for the
accommodation of future commemorative and
artwork features within the entire campus.
The plan should identify appropriate types
and locations for proposed features, including
statuary, monuments, and memorial tree
plantings.
• Prepare a comprehensive commemorative
feature maintenance program that includes
a manual to guide work for each individual
artwork, monument, marker, or type of
monument or marker. Artworks, monuments,
and other memorials are revered objects that
require regular maintenance to remain in good
condition. Some of these objects should be
treated by a professional artwork conservator.
• Inspect monuments and markers regularly
to ensure that they remain in good condition.
Document inspections with reports and
photographs to aid in the understanding of any
chronic conditions.
• Maintain the landscape compositions
surrounding monuments and artwork as
frameworks for the objects. Remove or correct
overgrown plantings, cracked paving, and
poor site drainage as observed.
• Refer to guidelines established for vegetation
for further information regarding care and
maintenance of important trees and other
memorial plantings.
John Milner Associates • October 2009 • Chapter 6 • Landscape Guidelines • 153