Winston-Salem in Forsyth County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Reich-Hege Lot (1830)
Archaeological Site
Old Salem Museums & Gardens
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), April 23, 2021
1. Reich-Hege Lot (1830) Marker
Inscription.
This is the cellar hole of the Reich-Hege house excavated by Old Salem Department of Archaeology in 2005-2006. Shoemaker Emanuel Reich built a house with a shop here on Lot 101 in 1830. The traditional German Moravian house form was built in frame on a stone foundation, with the rooms grouped around a central chimney; it also included two wings, one for the shoe shop and the other for his unmarried aunt. In 1851, the Reichs sold the house to a mill owner George Hege, who expanded the house and added a fashionable two-story Green Revival front porch. The lot also included a large barn, slave house, and other outbuildings. These additions reflected the Heges' tastes and means, as well as Salem's 19th-century development and transition into a Southern town. Enslaved African Americans also lived on Lot 101, including Lewis Hege (1840-1918), who became a significant leader of the African Church in Salem located next door.
36° 5.018′ N, 80° 14.446′ W. Marker is in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in Forsyth County. It is on Race Street just west of Church Street South, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 922 S Church St, Winston Salem NC 27101, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Piedmont and specifically in Piedmont Triad. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on April 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 661 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on April 27, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
