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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
Signifi cance
New Chapel is significant as the newest and most
elaborate of three chapels in the Hurd Campus
complex, with the other two being Hearst Hall
(1848) and an unknown space within the Single
Brethren’s House. Magnificent stained-glass
memorial windows are among its most distinctive
features.
Integrity
The overall exterior has a high level of historic
integrity, with the exception of replaced windows
on the lower floors on the east side. The interior of
the building essentially retains its historic uses. It
has low integrity on the first floor, a high level of
integrity on the second floor, and a moderate level
on the third floor.
Condition
Summary
New Chapel/Peter Hall is a three-story red brick
building with a double-height third floor level.
It has a side-gabled slate roof and deep molded
classical cornice with partial gable returns. It has
symmetrical fenestration, primarily six-over-six
double-hung windows with plain gabled wooden
hoods. The brickwork is relatively plain on the
lower floors but has recesses and corbelled arches
and hoods on the third floor chapel level.
Additions
South Hall was appended to the south side of
New Chapel/Peter Hall in 1873, connecting on the
second and third floors only. New Chapel also had
a ca. 1916 full-height exterior frame addition on the
north side near the west corner, which housed the
third-floor chapel organ and pipes. This was later
removed, but its shadow is visible on the exterior.
A shed-roofed square-shaped brick addition
containing bathrooms or closets is located at the
north side of the building where it adjoins Old
Chapel/Hearst Hall. This has its own ground-floor
entrance and window, and single windows on
each floor on the north side. It is unclear how this
addition was related to the frame organ addition.
Doors, Fenestration and Exterior Moldings
The primary exterior entrance to New Chapel is on
the east side. The door is a modern flush metal door,
but is surmounted by a ten-light original transom
and sheltered by an elaborate bracketed hood with
a hipped copper roof. A second door, which has a
historic four-panel sash, is set into the north wall
of the addition on the north side of the building. It
is unclear whether this entrance is accessible from
the interior.
New Chapel’s windows have simple metal-clad
gabled hoods and projecting metal-clad
windowsills. Windows on the first and second
Figure 8-64. New Chapel/Peter Hall, view of north wall looking
S, showing corner addition and former location of organ
structure with top arch (JMA 2008).
Figure 8-65. New Chapel/Peter Hall, east entrance and hood
with replaced door and windows (JMA 2008).
John Milner Associates • October 2009 • Chapter 8 • Historic Buildings • 194