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Figure 5-30. A metal archway and low stone wall along the west
edge of the campus (JMA 2008).
Figure 5-31. Paved area that comprises the Payne Art Gallery
plaza (JMA 2008).
Figure 5-32. Postcard view of the Gymnasium ca. early 1900s.
This building is now the Payne Art Gallery (Moravian College
Archives).
contemporary black metal archway (figure 5-30)
The Payne Art Gallery plaza fills the space between
the gallery, South Hall, and New Chapel/Peter Hall
and can be accessed by service vehicles by a ramp
extending along the west façade of the gallery
(figure 5-31). Both the plaza and its associated drive
are paved with red and gray pre-cast concrete units.
This plaza is a fairly recent addition since historic
photographs show a simple grassy bank and what
appears to be a small garden in this space (figure
5-32).
An arched portico that passes under South Hall
connects the plaza with the interior of the campus
and frames historic views looking east into the
garden space (figures 5-33 and 5-34). A metal gate on
the west side of the portico and a lantern hanging
from the eastern arch appear in photographs from
the 1920s. They were installed in 1916. A small
brick plaza at the eastern edge of the passageway
separates it from the asphalt service drive, and a
black metal bollard prevents vehicular access. The
plaza extends north into an entrance ramp to the
New Chapel/Peter Hall.
A passageway between the Single Brethren’s House
and Main Hall connects the interior of the campus
to Main and Church streets. This ten-foot wide
alley is not covered, although a narrow building
connecting Main Hall and the Single Brethren’s
House occupied the space from the 1850s until
1958, when the porch at the back of the Single
Brethren’s House was also removed (figures 5-35 and
5-36). The walkway is paved with poured concrete
aggregate, and a black metal bollard at each end
blocks vehicular traffic (figure 5-37). Doorways
leading into the Single Brethren’s House and Main
Hall can be accessed from this passageway. Views
Figure 5-33. View into the campus interior from the portico
(JMA 2008).
Figure 5-34. Viewbook photos from portico: left is view into the
Pleasure Grounds and right is view from same location towards
the bridge, both ca. 1920s. Note that lantern has been relocated
to the eastiside of the arch (Moravian Viewbook [1929]).
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