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Moravian College • Preservation Master Plan
Figure 8-290. Johnston Hall, north rear, view to southeast (JMA
2009).
Figure 8-291. Johnston Hall, south front entrance (JMA 2009).
Condition
Summary
Johnston Hall is a large one-story concrete-block
building with an interior steel infrastructure and
trussed roof. It faces south toward the athletic field
and Breidegam Field House is appended to its west
side with a one-story hyphen. Johnston Hall has a
sweeping low-pitched metal roof and horizontal
massing. The exterior is clad in local stone veneer.
Small stone buttresses are set at regular intervals
along the facades, and multiple tunnel-like
entrances are inset into shed-roofed extensions
of the roof flanked by stone sides. Between the
buttresses are horizontal bands of multiple-light
industrial steel windows, divided at intervals by
small brick veneer sections. At the north (rear) side
of the building is a loading dock area. Overall the
building is in excellent condition.
Additions
Breidegam Field House was appended to the west
side of Johnston Hall in 1991.
Doors and Fenestration
The main (south) entrance to Johnston Hall consists
of five pairs of security-glazed steel doors, set
within a broad entrance overhang with stone sides.
Two entrances on the east side and one on the west
side are similar but have three pairs of doors.
All of the windows are set within horizontal spaces
above the stone sides and between buttresses. The
windows are nine-light steel fixed windows with
operable lower panels. Most are arranged in pairs.
Figure 8-292. Johnston Hall, typical window unit, some paint
peeling on cornice (JMA 2009).
Brick veneer areas separate windows and window
pairs from one another. The windows appear to be
in good condition. Individual air conditioners have
been installed in the lower panels of several.
Roofi ng and Drainage
Johnston Hall has a broad, low-pitched roof
which is gabled at the center and hipped around
the perimeter. The roof is clad in modern
standing-seam metal and appears to be new and
in good condition. The exposed gable ends are
also clad in modern vertical metal cladding. The
roof drains to box gutters around the perimeter.
Numerous downspouts at regular intervals drain to
underground drains. No problems were observed
with the gutters and downspouts.
Masonry
The walls and entrances of Johnston Hall are clad
with variegated gray and brown South Mountain
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