Near 1st Street W west of Liberty Street, on the right when traveling west.
First Street marks the former boundary of Salem and Winston. Salem was founded in 1766 as the central congregational town for the Moravian Church in North Carolina. In 1849, when Forsyth County was formed, the Moravian Church sold 50¼ acres . . . — — Map (db m98796) HM
On Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
Who led the 1788 Constitutional Convention of North Carolina to decline to ratify the Federal Constitution until his State and its people were assured that a Bill of Rights would be incorporated in the United States Constitution. Perhaps more than . . . — — Map (db m63741) HM
On State Highway 119 at Jim Minor Road, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 119. Reported missing.
(Preface): The Carolinas Campaign began on February 1, 1865, when Union Gen. William T. Sherman led his army north from Savannah, Georgia, after the March to the Sea. Sherman’s objective was to join Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia to crush . . . — — Map (db m211213) HM
A mile south of here is the site of Freedom Hill Wesleyan Methodist Church, a simple frame building that measured 27 by 36 feet and was dedicated in March 1848. When local residents sent a plea for a minister to the Wesleyans in Ohio in 1847, the . . . — — Map (db m46020) HM
On State Highway 8 & 65 0.2 miles south of South Friendship Road, on the left when traveling north.
Officer in the War of 1812. Mortally wounded in Canada, 1814. Forsyth County named for him. Home stood a few feet north of this spot. — — Map (db m52534) HM
Near West Main Street at Terrace Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
David Allen, Eighteenth-Century Entrepreneur
David Allen arrived mid-century in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. With an eye on the plentiful timber and swiftly moving rivers, he set about building a sawmill. He likely had lumber . . . — — Map (db m258609) HM
The Moravian Church is a Protestant denomination tracing its roots to the followers of Jan Hus. A Czech priest and reformer, Hus was martyred for his faith in 1415. The Moravians founded a church body dedicated to a simple and devout life. For . . . — — Map (db m140201) HM
On High Point Street at North Stout Street, on the right when traveling south on High Point Street.
Museum founded 1966 by the
North Randolph Historical Society
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m234014) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
