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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
a three-light transom, and sheltered by an Italianate
flat hood supported by modest scrolled brackets on
each side. The window bay above the door contains
paired windows on each floor, in contrast to the
single windows found elsewhere.
A historic secondary entrance is located in the
basement level on the west side, and a bulkhead
entrance is located on the south side of the ell. At
the rear, the building forms a small three-sided
Figure 8-27. West Hall, west entrance (JMA 2008).
courtyard. On the east wall of the ell, an exterior
brick chimney runs from the boiler room to the roof.
The ell also has a bulkhead sub-basement entrance,
and there is a modern utility entrance on the south
wall of the main block.
Additions
A square three-story flat-roofed brick and frame
addition forms a hyphen between West Hall, the
Single Brethren’s House, and Old Chapel/Hearst
Hall. The addition is two bays wide and two bays
deep. The basement and first floor of this section
are constructed of brick, and the second and third
floors are frame, sided with vinyl clapboard.
Shadows on the south wall of the main block,
immediately west of the brick/frame addition,
indicate the former presence of a multi-story porch
covering the basement, first, and second floors
and connected to the west wall of the addition.
Door entrances to the porch, including one on the
second floor of the main block, have been infilled.
It appears that the porch was an addition; Sanborn
maps indicate that it was not there in 1885, but was
present from at least 1912 onward.
Figure 8-28. West Hall, bulkhead entrance on south of ell (JMA
2008).
Figure 8-30. West Hall, south façade wall, evidence of former
porch (JMA 2008).
Doors and Fenestration
Figure 8-29. West Hall, south basement entrance, showing
deterioration of foundation parging (JMA 2008).
West Hall retains its original six-over-six
double-hung wood sash windows and surrounds.
Most windows have projecting sills and simple
flat lintels. The windows on the north façade
have gabled pediment hoods, and others have
plain lintels. Windowsills have been covered with
modern cladding and painted. Paint is failing on
several of these sills, as well as on the wood lintels.
All windows on the attic level are half-height, with
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