"Alpha Chapel — This name has been given the new Chapel midway
between Bethania and Rural Hall. The very name "Alpha" is a significant one;
inasmuch as this is the first step the Bethania congregation has ever taken
in the direction Of . . . — — Map (db m140188) HM
On Bethania Road, 0.1 miles east of Main Street, on the left when traveling west.
First planned Moravian Village in N. Carolina. Colonial and antebellum trade and agricultural center. Only remaining continuous, independent Wachovia Settlement. Contains unique remnants of original medieval style plan where families lived in a . . . — — Map (db m52627) 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 Bethania Rural Hall Rd. at Turfwood Drive, on the left when traveling north on Bethania Rural Hall Rd..
The community established along this road in the Bethania Town Lot was built by African-American men and women who began acquiring land here following the Civil War. Many of these people had been enslaved on the Oak Grove plantation, from which they . . . — — Map (db m52538) HM
On Bethania Rural Hall Road at Walker Road, on the right when traveling north on Bethania Rural Hall Road.
One room school that was used to educate African American children from approximately 1915 to the late 1940s. Grades 1 through 7 were all taught in one room with as many as 50 children and "one small library of 20 books over in the corner". First . . . — — Map (db m52541) HM
On Bethania Rural Hall Rd., 0.1 miles east of Main St., on the left when traveling east.
Frontier road from Pennsylvania to Georgia in 18th century. A major avenue for settlers of the N.C. backcountry. Passed near here. — — Map (db m52532) HM
On Bethania Road at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Bethania Road.
Occupied Bethania during American Revolution, 9 February 1781, with 2,000 soldiers after crossing the Shallowford on the Yadkin while pursuing patriots whom Daniel Morgan led to victory over a portion of the British army under Banastre Tarleton at . . . — — Map (db m52626) HM
On Oak Grove Road, 0.1 miles west of Bethabara Road, on the left when traveling east.
Oak Grove School was constructed ca. 1910 and served nearby African-American children from ca. 1910-1950. Tradition maintains that Oak Grove's construction was made possible through the donation of the site by a local African-American family, the . . . — — Map (db m52577) HM
On Bethania Road at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Bethania Road.
The western terminus of the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road, 129 miles in length, longest in North Carolina, built 1849-1854, was here. — — Map (db m52530) HM
On Bethania Tobaccoville Road just south of Kapp Road, on the left when traveling north.
The 1852 Stauber Farm represents Forsyth County's agrarian development in the mid-to-late 19th century. Samuel B. Stauber, a Moravian from nearby Bethania, became a prosperous farmer and by 1860 his 600-acre farm was among the largest in the region. . . . — — Map (db m140152) HM
On Bethania Road at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Bethania Road.
At nightfall Monday April 10, 1865, 4,000 Union cavalry under Gen. Stoneman entered Bethania on route from tearing up the Greensboro to Danville Railroad to crossing the Shallowford to free captured Union troops in Salisbury. Stoneman left near . . . — — Map (db m140153) HM
The Wolff-Moser house was originally located just inside the northern
boundary of the Wachovia tract. It is a prime example of an early
nineteenth century hand hewn dwelling with brick nogging. The structure
is unusually well-crafted, with . . . — — Map (db m140186) HM
On Middlebrook Drive north of Idols Road, on the right when traveling south.
The 1796 Flemish-bond brick dwelling is a testament to the wealth, status, and sophistication of prominent farmer and distiller Philip and his wife Johanna Hoehns. Though in a rural area, the house was of similar caliber to many buildings in the . . . — — Map (db m102418) HM
On Clemmons Road (U.S. 158) 0.1 miles west of Lewisville Clemmons Road, on the left when traveling west.
A nine passenger Concord stagecoach built in 1872 for Edwin T. Clemmons by the Abbot-Downing Co. of Concord, New Hampshire. Named for his wife Harriet (Hattie) Butner. A gift to the people of Clemmons by the Wachovia Historical Society in 1993 and . . . — — Map (db m54285) HM
On South Stratford Road (U.S. 158) at Bryn Mawr Lane (North Carolina Highway 1115), on the right when traveling east on South Stratford Road.
On Dec. 27, 1752, survey for Moravian settlement began near here. Bishop August Spangenberg led frontier expedition that selected 98,985 acres. — — Map (db m51879) HM
On Tanglewood Park Road at River Birch Creek, on the right when traveling south on Tanglewood Park Road.
William Johnson
Built a fort of huge logs at this place about 1757 to protect his family and neighbors from attack by the Indians
Erected by his Descendants
1956 — — Map (db m54396) HM
On Tanglewood Park Road at Manor House Creek, on the left on Tanglewood Park Road.
First frontier explorer and settler of Tanglewood lands along the Great Wagon Road running from PA to GA. Born in Chester and raised in Conestoga, PA. Married Eleanor Bryan and moved to Shenandoah Valley, VA (on Linville Creek) by 1733, serving as . . . — — Map (db m54413) HM
On Reynolda Road (Route 67) 0.1 miles south of Donnaha Road, on the right when traveling north.
Court Houses that served old Surry County. Wright Court House Site is located one mile south. Richmond Court House Site is located one mile northeast. Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States, was admitted to the bar to practice law in . . . — — Map (db m98706) HM
On South Main Street at Tanyard Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
300 yards Northwest of this marker, near the creek branch, stood a tannery begun by John Frederick and Philip Kerner, two sons of Joseph Kerner for who the town was named. During the War between the States (1861-1865) the tannery was operated by . . . — — Map (db m54129) HM
On Beard Street at North Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Beard Street.
In the early 1870's, the citizens of the Town of Kernersville literally brought the Railroad to and through Kernersville by contributing the physical labor to construct over four miles of track, thereby bringing commerce to the Town and raising the . . . — — Map (db m54134) HM
On North Main Street at East Mountain Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Here George Washington breakfasted June 2, 1791.
The following excerpt is from his diary of his southern tour:
"In company with the Govr. I set out for
Guilford. By 4 o'clock-breakfasted at one
Dobson's at the distance of . . . — — Map (db m98372) HM
On Union Cross Road at Sedge Garden Road, on the left when traveling north on Union Cross Road.
The trading post was established by Joseph H. Beeson in the 1880's. Joseph converted the old Haley Inn into a trading post that provided essential goods and services to the community that extended from Sedge Garden to Teague Town and from Bunker . . . — — Map (db m99758) HM
On East Mountain Street, on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Est. 1926
by Ned R. & Annabel Stuart
The Bldg. was originally opened as Kernersville's First Auto Showroom and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Due to the many Hats Ned Stuart wore serving the town it was used as: The . . . — — Map (db m235959) HM
podium beside statue
This arrangement of a fallen soldier's boots, rifle and helmet known as a BATTLE CROSS began in World War I. Since then, when a serviceman or woman is lost on the battlefield, comrades erect a Battle Cross to mark the . . . — — Map (db m55908) HM
On Shallowford Road, 0.1 miles east of Williams Road, on the left when traveling east.
Charles L. Spaugh, a Christian and civic leader in Lewisville, built this large two-story house with lumber from his own sawmill, for his wife Dora Alspaugh Spaugh and their family. Jesse Joel Jones, Sr. and his wife Annie Shermer Jones purchased . . . — — Map (db m53007) HM
On Concord Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1782. Called Waggoner's Chapel by Bishop Asbury. Present sanctuary built in 1908. Oldest Methodist congregation in Forsyth County, according to Methodists in assembly. — — Map (db m53025) HM
On Shallowford Road at Summerglen Drive, on the right when traveling east on Shallowford Road.
George Mock (1847-1925) built this house in the 1870s and brought his bride, Adeline Shouse, here. The structure of the house had not changed until their son, Marvin Mock (1881-1961), built rooms to the east. — — Map (db m53018) HM
The Great Wagon Road passed 120 feet north of this marker.The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to Augusta was the premier 18th century backcountry road from Pennsylvania to Georgia. From about two miles north of Bethabara it was cut to . . . — — Map (db m52921) HM
Near Shallowford Road at Scott Road, on the right when traveling east.
Joseph Spurgeon Jones (1845-1928) built the original store that at the time was in the Little Yadkin Township, a part of Yadkin County. In 1914, his son, Will A. Jones (1871-1940), moved the store across the road east of its present location. After . . . — — Map (db m51888) HM
On Shallowford Road at North Street, on the left when traveling east on Shallowford Road.
Built by Lewis Case Laugenour, early community benefactor, for whom Lewisville is named. Architecturally one of the best examples of the Greek Revival Style in Forsyth County. — — Map (db m53010) HM
On Lewisville Clemmons Road, on the right when traveling north.
Lewisville Baptist Church was established in 1881. In 1882 on this highest knoll in the Lewisville village, a 40'x60' wooden building with double doors and a stately steeple was built. Following destruction by lightning in 1936, it was replaced with . . . — — Map (db m53022) HM
On Shallowford Road, 0.1 miles east of Lewisville Vienna Road, on the left when traveling east.
Built by the J.P. Sprinkle family in 1910. Sold to Fielden Hale Jennings in 1925, who operated the mill for 58 years as the largest village employer. Now used as Lewisville Hardware. Oldest continuously occupied commercial building in Lewisville. — — Map (db m53006) HM
On Shallowford Road at Lewisville Vienna Road, on the right when traveling east on Shallowford Road.
The church was established in 1878 by Methodists from Brookstown and Sharon. The chief founder, Augustus Eugene Conrad, made plans for the first church, a one room building, and it was dedicated in 1882. It was replaced with a three-story brick . . . — — Map (db m53023) HM
On Shallowford Road, on the right when traveling east.
In 1884 the Forsyth Circuit of the Methodist Church bought this house, known as the Wesley Vogler house, for a parsonage. The Circuit consisted of twelve churches in western Forsyth County. By 1901 the Lewisville Charge had been created and took . . . — — Map (db m53020) HM
On Shallowford Road at Tuscany Drive, on the left when traveling north on Shallowford Road.
New Hope Church is the oldest continuing African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church within the Township of Lewisville. This church is among the oldest AME Zion congregations in Forsyth County. — — Map (db m54288) HM
On Behalf of a Grateful Nation and a Proud American Legion
This POW-MIA flag flies to honor those veterans who, in service to this great nation, sacrificed their freedom and their physical and mental well-being as prisoners of war. It also . . . — — Map (db m55910) HM
On Shallowford Road, on the right when traveling east.
Colonial route across Yadkin River. Scene of Tory defeat by Whigs, 1780. Crossing used in 1781 by army of Lord Cornwallis. 600 yds. S. — — Map (db m51877) HM
On Lewisville Vienna Road, on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1777 as the German Church Beyond Muddy Creek. Named Gerber's Church in 1813. Graveyard and old church site, quarter mile east. Called Shiloh since circa 1860. Present sanctuary built in 1883. Oldest congregation in Lewisville. — — Map (db m53024) HM
Lewisville Academy, the first public high school in Forsyth County, was established in 1901. Lewisville Academy became a part of the consolidated Forsyth County School System in 1907. This site has served as the location of three subsequent public . . . — — Map (db m53008) HM
On Shallowford Road at Williams Road, on the right when traveling south on Shallowford Road.
Built by Miss Anna Ogburn of Winston-Salem, a Methodist philanthropist and benefactor. The large 200-foot long house was originally used as a country retreat for underprivileged children and as a Methodist Church conference center. Later Sunny Acres . . . — — Map (db m53017) HM
On Shallowford Road, on the left when traveling east.
On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. cavalry fought a skirmish with southern troops at Shallow Ford, April 11, 1865. — — Map (db m65414) HM
On Reynolds Road at Manarda Circle, on the left when traveling north on Reynolds Road.
Late nineteenth century homestead of James Emmanuel and Elizabeth Irene Standiford Vogler. Residence of Lamb Archibald and Bessie Binkley Reynolds from 1904-1917 and 1924-1961. L. A. Reynolds, a leading nurseryman in Forsyth County, operated his . . . — — Map (db m53019) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Constructed for the apothecary (pharmacist), this building was both his home and office. For medicinal purposes, the apothecary dissolved and distilled various herbs and plants--some grown in his garden and others found in nearby fields. . . . — — Map (db m53452) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Brothers, tired of eating unleavened "journey cakes" (johnnycakes), began building an oven to bake bread almost immediately upon arrival. Although once found throughout the thirteen colonies, no original oven currently exists; however, there is . . . — — Map (db m53512) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
In the late 1750s Indian hostilities spread through Bethabara and the surrounding area. When the palisade fort was built, these bastions offered good defense by allowing a man to see up and down each side of the fort. Night watch duty was assigned . . . — — Map (db m53490) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
A bell used in Bethabara to strike the hours and to call the people together for services, or emergencies, such as the Flax House fire in 1776. The first bell--the only one within 200 miles of Bethabara--frightened Cherokee Indians from the fort in . . . — — Map (db m53455) HM
On Bethabara Road east of Bethania Station Road, on the right when traveling east.
About Bethabara
A City of Winston-Salem park and National Historic Landmark, Bethabara is the site of the first Moravian settlement in North Carolina. In 1753, fifteen Moravians set out on a long journey down the Great Wagon Road . . . — — Map (db m162106) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
The French and Indian War (1754-63) prompted the peaceful Moravians, in the midst of busy harvest time and in only 18 days, to build a five-sided palisade around the central part of the community. Later, such fortifications were added to the mill . . . — — Map (db m53517) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Accommodating strangers was difficult until the Brethren built the first tavern in 1757. This tavern served until 1775, when the new tavern was opened on the east side of the extensive community gardens. The old 1757 tavern partially collapsed very . . . — — Map (db m53509) HM
According to a 1766 map a calf barn was erected on this site in 1765. The map suggests it was made of two equal sized barns, like this one, connected by an open roofed area. The current structure, a late 18th or early 19th-century timber-framed barn . . . — — Map (db m54350) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
The earliest garden was planted near the Wagner Cabin in 1754. The area was later enlarged by the head garnener, Jacob Lung, to include one half acre and appear as they do today. The members of the community worked in the garden together and then . . . — — Map (db m53519) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
In the face of frontier hardships the Moravians practiced common housekeeping. Their system of communal living meant that every member of the congregation had a share in the necessary tasks of sustaining the town, such as raising cabins, clearing . . . — — Map (db m53459) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Opened in 1759, the Bethabara store played an important role in the life of the community. It provided basic goods, not only to the Moravians, but also to customers from many miles around. The store served as a shipping point for Moravian goods . . . — — Map (db m53480) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This addition to the Bethabara store was built sometime after 1766, according to surviving maps. Notice the fireplace base support extending to the cellar floor. Additions to Moravian buildings were common, often based more on practicality that . . . — — Map (db m53483) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
After a December 2, 1802 fire, which destroyed the original 1756 brewery and distillery, this home was built during the spring and summer of 1803 for the community's distiller, Hermann Buttner, and his wife. Some of the materials were probably . . . — — Map (db m53443) HM
This building served as the workshop for the Bethabara doctors. Hans Martin Kalberlahn, the first doctor in Wachovia, died shortly after the building was completed. He was followed by many capable and dedicated physicians. The doctor served not only . . . — — Map (db m53451) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Within weeks of their first arrival, the Brothers found the need to build a guesthouse for the "strangers" who came to seek the services of the doctor, lawyer and tradesmen. However, this particular structure was converted into a "house" for cows by . . . — — Map (db m53508) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Moravians in Bethabara used a "choir" system, which assigned each member of the congregation to a group according to age, sex and marital status. Nevertheless, the importance of the individual family remained a vital part of community life. As . . . — — Map (db m53454) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Added to the bakery, which adjoined the bin on the northeast side, this was a secure storage place for flour supplied by the Moravians' mill (1755). This bakery supplied the town with bread unitl it was replaced by a new bakery in 1782. . . . — — Map (db m53495) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This large two-story log building was the first Moravian Congregation House, or church, in North Carolina. It was begun in 1755 and consecrated in February, 1756. It contained the Gemeinsaal (meeting hall) and living quarters for the Minister's . . . — — Map (db m53518) HM
This was the second Gemeinhaus, or Congregation House, built by the Moravians in Bethabara. Today it is the oldest surviving Moravian church in the southeast and the oldest surviving colonial German church with attached living quarters in the United . . . — — Map (db m53448) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Hans Wagner, a hunter, trapper and miller, and his teenage son built this cabin in 1752, but left for new land on the Yadkin River, when the Moravians purchased the Wachovia Tract. On November 17, 1753, the first 15 Brothers found the abandoned . . . — — Map (db m53515) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
From 1759 to 1786 this building housed a locksmith and gunsmith shop. Customers came from miles around Bethabara, often staying several days in the village, while having work done by the talented Moravian craftsmen. Master Potters Rudolph Christ, . . . — — Map (db m53500) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
This log house was built on the site of an earlier 1759 house. Although the date of its construction is still under investigation, according to the Records of the Moravians this house may have been built as early as 1816. Over the years it was . . . — — Map (db m53516) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
The first Medical Garden (Hortus Medicus) was planted here in 1756 for Dr. Hans Martin Kalberlahn. This reconstruction is based upon the Christian Gottlieb Reuter map of Dr. August Schuberts' 1761 garden. The map indicates the plants for each bed. . . . — — Map (db m53520) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the left when traveling north.
On November 26, 1806, this marker was erected as a memorial to the beginning of the settlement of the Unity of Brethren (Moravians) in Wachovia. It was moved here in 1850, having been placed originally at the site of the first cabin occupied by . . . — — Map (db m53445) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This small cellar, like many in Bethabara, was beneath a larger house. Stone steps and a place for wooden steps both into the cellar, show access from the inside and outside the house.
"Toward the end of May our mill-dam was swept away by . . . — — Map (db m53498) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
From 1775 until 1787 the new Bethabara Tavern was operated here. Between 1787 and 1801 the building served as the community store while also providing lodging for travelers. The building stood until 1824, apparently continuing to operate as a tavern . . . — — Map (db m53506) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Eighteenth century roads were always either dusty or muddy, a traveler would welcome the site of a fresh water well beside a tavern. This well still contains part of its early wooden pump stock. A similar stock was retrieved by the archaeologists in . . . — — Map (db m53505) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This building handled the overflow and storage of pottery, and was in use by the potter from 1756 until 1771. When the cellar was being excavated in the 1960s, large fragments of pottery and many Lovefeast mugs were found lying on the . . . — — Map (db m53493) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Gottfried Aust, the first Moravian potter in North Carolina, moved into this shop after it was built in 1755. He, and several other potters who followed him in Bethabara, produced utilitarian redware pottery including many kinds of vessels, mugs, . . . — — Map (db m53491) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Br. Aust, the first potter in Bethabara, moved his business to the new central town of Salem on June 17, 1777. He took down the addition to the Potter's Shop, in order to move the woodwork. Three other significant potters--Christ, Krause, and . . . — — Map (db m53492) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
By early February 1754, the Brothers decided to build a sleeping hall to help relieve the crowded conditions in the Wagner Cabin. The 13'x50' interpretive reconstruction uses post-and-log construction techniques, with fence rails for the walls. This . . . — — Map (db m53511) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
New arrivals from Pennsylvania helped to swell Bethabara's population to 75 and 15 outside laborers. As the size of the village grew so did the need for houses and shops. The cellar of this 1762 Smith's House was filled with dirt in the early . . . — — Map (db m53499) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bethabara's second smithy (blacksmith shop) stood on this site in 1759. In 1755 the first smithy opened for business, and in the active years of building construction in Bethabara, the blacksmith was kept busy supplying necessary hardware and . . . — — Map (db m53501) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
On February 8, 1754, the Brothers began construction on a "cabin for strangers"; they completed it the following day. It measured 8' by 8', had a fireplace and enough room for two sick guests. In July 1754, another pen, measuring 6' by 8', was added . . . — — Map (db m53513) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This summerhouse was built in 1759 by Christian Triebel, the chief carpenter, later in charge of construction of the first buildings in the new town of Salem. This reconstruction reflects Triebel's carpenter skills and the existence of the Bethabara . . . — — Map (db m53502) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
One of the Moravians to come to Bethabara in 1753 was a tailor, and his 1756 shop stood near the pottery on the town square. When this new tailor's shop was built in 1764, the first shop became a dining room for the Brothers House. Governor Tryon . . . — — Map (db m53496) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
In the floor of the cellar of this addition to the 1764 Tailor's Shop, a depression was found containing the remains of a small wooden box. A drain leading to the box indicates that water collected in the box and that it was probably used to cool . . . — — Map (db m53497) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Fresh drinkable water was important to a colonial community such as Bethabara. In addition to using natural springs in the area, the Moravians dug wells and lined them with stone. Mechanical wooden pumps were more advanced than rope and bucket, and . . . — — Map (db m53510) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
Between November 1754 and June 1755 this large dwelling was built by and for the single men of Bethabara. The cellar you see here was dug beneath one end of the two story log building. This important house served as assembly, dining and sleeping . . . — — Map (db m53489) HM
On Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling south.
Johannes Schaub, Jr., a dyer, built this house in 1782. It is the oldest brick house in Forsyth County. This house, its additions and out buildings, served from 1789 until 1872 as the home and shop to a succession of Bethabara potters. . . . — — Map (db m53446) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This framework and brick home was built in 1758 for the Vorsteher (for-shtay-er), who served his community as business manager and treasurer. His duties would have been similar to those of the present-day city manager's. Due to soil erosion, the . . . — — Map (db m53453) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This is an interpretive reconstruction of the house used by the Brothers to wash their clothes. The spaces between the logs (the chinks) were not filled with daubing in order to facilitate the movement of fresh air.
"This afternoon we had a . . . — — Map (db m53514) HM
Near Bethabara Road, on the right when traveling east.
This well, one of three dug in 1763, stood on the town square and probably served the needs of many of the central buildings in Bethabara. It had a mechanical pump for bringing up the water, rather than a rope and bucket. This well was still the . . . — — Map (db m53456) HM
This early nineteenth-century well served the Gemeinhaus and its various outbuildings. When the archaeologists reopened the well in the 1960s, an original wooden pump stock was recovered and preserved.
"During these days a well has been dug . . . — — Map (db m54527) HM
The C. G. Hill Memorial Park
Ancient Poplar Tree
An ancient poplar tree sprouted on this site before Columbus sailed for the New World. It grew to great height and breadth. After being struck by lightning, it decayed to form a hollow center . . . — — Map (db m103725) HM
On Yandkinville Road, on the left when traveling west.
Founded by the Phillip N. Mock family who gave one acre of land for the church. Founding members of the congregation donated timber and labor for the construction of the original, single-room log building. The second building was constructed in . . . — — Map (db m53724) HM
On Memorial Industrial School Road at Confederate Drive when traveling east on Memorial Industrial School Road.
In 1792, a seven-mile public road from Germanton to Bethabara was built by residents who lived along the roadway, its purpose to bypass heavy traffic on the Great Wagon Road, the main multi-state route from northern states. The road connected with . . . — — Map (db m104697) HM
On Memorial Industrial School Road, on the left when traveling east.
Memorial Industrial School began as the Colored Baptist Orphanage Home for African-American children, located in the Belview neighborhood of Winston-Salem's Southside area. In 1928, it moved eight miles north of the city's downtown. The . . . — — Map (db m104696) HM
On High Point Road, 0.1 miles east of Union Cross Road, on the right when traveling east.
Daniel Boone lived 18 miles S.W.
His Parents are buried 25 miles S.W.
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Here Passes the Trace of the
Old Plank Road, The Fayetteville
and Western, Chartered 1848
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This Memorial Erected by the Boone Trail Highway . . . — — Map (db m98652) HM
On Lake Woussicket Road at Stafford Mill Road, on the right when traveling east on Lake Woussicket Road.
“Y” Camps Betty Hastings and Civitan were located
near Old Field Creek, which runs below the road
here – Civitan 1½ miles north and Betty Hastings ¾
of a mile south. The Glade Street YWCA opened
Camp Betty Hastings in 1936, offering . . . — — Map (db m234045) HM
On Bethabara Rd., on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
A Federal House later modified in the Greek-Revival style. Research currently being conducted to prepare building as an exhibition of Historical Restorations. — — Map (db m162108) HM
On Cameron Avenue, 0.1 miles north of East 12th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Named for prominent local African-American education pioneer, Dr. Simon Green Atkins, Atkins High School was designed by Harold Macklin in the Classical Revival style and constructed 1930-1931. Atkins was the first school in Winston-Salem built as a . . . — — Map (db m83275) HM
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