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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
The brickwork on the building is dark red with
red-tinted mortar laid in narrow recessed joints.
Horizontal raised bands of narrow, striated terracotta
form stringcourses at various heights on the
walls. The brick on both the walls and chimneystacks
has undergone several repointing efforts, including
some with tinted mortar. One chimney on the west
side appears to have been rebuilt at the top. Small
areas of mortar deterioration are apparent. Paint
and/or mortar spatter is visible in several places.
A greenstone water table course runs around
the first floor level of the south vestibule. This is
spalling in several places.
Wood
Most of the original wood elements on the exterior
are covered with aluminum or vinyl cladding,
including windowsills, eaves, and the walls of the
east frame wing and porch.
Figure 8-246. Zinzendorf Hall, fire escape on east side (JMA
2009).
Figure 8-245. Zinzendorf Hall, window cladding detail (JMA
2009).
Other Features
A historic small lantern fixture is mounted above
the south vestibule doors and appears to be in
fair condition, with some deterioration. A newer
lantern in good condition is mounted beside the
north door.
A non-historic metal fire escape spans much of the
east façade, and is accessible from a third-floor door
and second-floor windows.
Interior
The first floor of Zinzendorf originally held the
college refectory, which appears to have occupied
the southern two-thirds of this level. The ornate
south entrance vestibule, with coffered ceiling,
Figure 8-247. Zinzendorf Hall, north first-floor classroom (JMA
2009).
paired inner and outer doors, and built-in shelves,
is extant. The refectory room had elaborate
wainscoting, baseboard-level heating register
grilles, and bull’s-eye woodwork. This room was
later subdivided to form the current large south
classroom and the office pod and hallway to the
north. A second classroom at the north end of the
building has plainer wainscoting; possibly this area
was the servery or a secondary dining area. An
original staircase at the north end of the building
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