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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan windows, including a first-floor wood bay window unit on the first floor front, a turret-like full-height brick bay window projection at the east end of the south wall, and a wood bay window unit on the first and second floors of the south wall. At the rear is a three-story porch. The lower two levels of the porch correspond to the basement and first floor, and span the entire south wall of the house and east wall of the two ells. The top level of the porch, corresponding to the second floor, is much shorter, extending east from the ell to the full-height end bay window. A flight steps descends through the porch from the kitchen ell section’s first floor to the basement level. Additions Clewell Hall has no additions. Doors and Fenestration The main entrance to the house is on the north (street) side, and features slightly recessed original wood paneled paired doors with elliptical lights and an arched top. A bracketed hood and paneled arched surround shelter the doors, and newer brick steps and a modern railing provide access from the sidewalk. The doors have a sandstone threshold. The wood door surfaces need full refinishing with the use of polyurethane due to heavy use. The door hood needs new flashing to avoid rot in the cornice. A secondary north entrance has a two-panel original single door with a segmental-arched transom, bracketed hood, and newer brick steps and railings. At the rear, entrances are present in several places and provide access into the basement level, or access from the house to the three-story porch. Each floor has an entrance, and there are two at the basement level. The doors are simple wood panel doors. Windows throughout the house are two-over-two original double-hung wood sash. Those on the attic level are dormers with segmental-arched tops and deep hoods. The windows on the north primary façade of the house also have ornate projecting segmental-arched hoods. Minor repainting is recommended for these elements, which are in good condition. On the first floor front is a projecting wood bay window, which needs painting. Roofi ng and Drainage Clewell Hall has a mansard roof clad in original fishscale-pattern slate. The roof drains to box gutters, which lead to a downspout on the northeast corner. The downspout drains to another box gutter on the second floor porch and from there down a spout to a concrete swale at grade, which is partially blocked by recycling bins. The porch roofs at the rear lack gutters and water runs off them directly to the ground. Some ponding of water is occurring at grade at the front (north) where there is a brick sidewalk, and on the west where there is concrete paving. Masonry Clewell Hall’s exterior walls are handmolded brick with pale brown historic mortar, and its foundation is parged cement. Rising damp is occurring in the brick in front of the house, particularly around the front steps where joints are failing. Figure 8-160. Clewell Hall, northeast corner of roof cornice. Rot is occurring around downspout (JMA 2008). Figure 8-161. Clewell Hall, rising damp around front main entrance (JMA 2008). John Milner Associates • October 2009 • Chapter 8 • Historic Buildings • 224
Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan Wood The house has a considerable amount of original wood exterior ornament, all of which is painted in a two-tone color scheme. Most notable is an elaborate original wooden cornice with sawtooth carving along the base and paired scroll brackets featuring lacy Eastlake-style incised carving. The cornice needs paint and is in solid condition except for some rotting at the northwest corner and at the northeast corner adjacent to the downspout. Paneled shutters adorn the windows on the front of the house. These are in good condition, needing minor repainting work. The house has a three-level wooden rear porch, corresponding with the basement and first and second floors. The porch is supported by brick piers at the basement level, and retains its historic columns, ceilings, and flooring. The top level has some rot in the floorboards due to drainage problems. Repainting is recommended for the wood porch structure and interior steps. Figure 8-163. Clewell Hall, interior front hall (JMA 2008). Figure 8-162. Clewell Hall, rotting porch floorboards, second floor (JMA 2008). Other Features Clewell Hall has original cast iron vents in its basement level on the north side. One has split and another is loose. Next to the secondary door on the north side is a wall-mounted cylindrical metal lantern. Interior The interior is institutionalized for use as a dormitory with new carpeting, lighting, radiators, hardware, dropped ceilings, restrooms, fire-safety features, and exposed sprinkler pipes. Some historic fabric Figure 8-164. Clewell Hall, surviving fireplace, typical room finishes (JMA 2008). remains, notably the original staircases, a parlor fireplace surround, baseboards and window/door moldings. Current Use Clewell Hall remains in use as a men’s dormitory for the Hurd Campus. Treatment It is recommended that Clewell Hall receive a Rehabilitation treatment. What remains of its John Milner Associates • October 2009 • Chapter 8 • Historic Buildings • 225
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