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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
association with Rev. Frueauff and as the first
purpose-built new building on the Seminary
campus along Church Street.
Integrity
Frueauff House has been altered considerably from
its original appearance. During the mid-to-late
nineteenth century (prior to ca. 1870), an additional
gabled story was added, giving it a taller profile
more in line with adjacent buildings. The brick
was painted and two-over-two windows were
installed. Italianate details, including a bracketed
door hood, were added as well. In 1971, this work
was reversed, removing the top story additions and
mid-nineteenth-century changes and bringing the
house back to what was thought to be its original
exterior appearance. While this gives a better sense
of its original scale and appearance, the restoration
eliminated much historic fabric and the appearance
the house had for at least 100 years of its existence.
Condition
Summary
Frueauff House is a one-and-one-half-story
Federal-style brick dwelling with a side-gabled
wood-shingled roof and interior brick end
chimneys. It faces north toward Church Street and
is located abutting the sidewalk. The house sits on
a slope and its basement is exposed on the west
and south. The symmetrical, five-bay front façade
of the house features a recessed central front door
set within an arched surround and topped by a
rounded fanlight. The doorway is covered by paired
louvered outer doors. Two windows are located
on either side of the entrance, and two Palladianstyle
gabled dormers pierce the front roof slope.
The house has double-hung nine-over-six wood
sash windows with operable paneled shutters on
the first floor. The house is three bays deep on the
sides and five bays long across the back. Two plain
gabled dormers are situated on the top floor in the
back. A two-story shed-roofed porch extends over
the center door and the westernmost two bays of
the basement and first floor of the rear façade. The
porch has brick piers on its lower level and plain
wood posts with a modern wood balustrade on its
upper level. At the rear of the property is a modern
brick side-gabled garage.
Figure 8-134. Frueauff House, current front view to southwest
(JMA 2008).
Figure 8-136. Frueauff House, rear view to north (JMA 2008).
Additions
Figure 8-135. Frueauff House, front view to southeast (JMA
2008).
The Frueauff House had a mid-nineteenth-century
addition which gave it an additional story in height,
for two-and-one-half stories total. The façade was
changed to an Italianate appearance. These changes
were removed during restoration work in the early
1960s.
John Milner Associates • October 2009 • Chapter 8 • Historic Buildings • 215