From the inception of a town plan for Salem, a square, or central green, was to serve as a focus for the community. Institutional buildings, including the church, schools, and store, were to be placed around the Square, and it was planned to be . . . — — Map (db m172065) HM
The Salem Town Hall was Salem's last municipal building before the Town's consolidation with Winston in 1913. The last of Salem's town halls to remain standing, the building was designed by the prominent local architect Willard C. Northup and . . . — — Map (db m51720) HM
In 1771, the Moravian Town of Salem completed construction of one of the first public waterworks systems in the American Colonies. Tapping natural springs located nearby, the system used bored logs, joined and buried underground, to deliver the . . . — — Map (db m51982) HM
A blacksmith shop and house were built here on Lot 47 in 1768. Though other houses built in Salem at this time were half-timbered structures, this one was built of logs, which were eventually covered with clapboards. The house as one-and-a-half . . . — — Map (db m172146) HM
The outline on the ground represents the location of the second house in Salem. Completed in 1767, it was known as the "Two-Story House" since it was the first of this height. Its neighbor was the first House (at your right), and like the others . . . — — Map (db m172144) HM
In 1911, Shamrock Knitting Mills was the first structure built by the Hanes Hosiery empire. Originally, the company manufactured cotton socks for children and men. In 1914, Shamrock Knitting Mills was renamed Hanes Hosiery Mills Company, and in . . . — — Map (db m51817) HM
Silver Hill, a small, L-shaped 1880s African-American neighborhood of modest houses built by tobacco workers and domestic servants, predated the white subdivision of Buena Vista that developed around it. The community housed approximately 12 . . . — — Map (db m135918) HM
Founded Slater Academy, now Winston-Salem State Univ.; president, 1892-1904, 1913-34. Religious and community leader. Lived one block west. — — Map (db m52208) HM
The Atkins House was built by Simon Green Atkins in 1893. Atkins was responsible for the development of the Columbian Heights neighborhood and for the creation of Slater Industrial Academy, later Winston-Salem University. Dr. Atkins came to . . . — — Map (db m52735) HM
The Single Brothers' Diaconie, or business organization, played a major role in the economy of Salem. Their operation was vast, stretching before you to the west, and included the Single Brothers' House (1769) and the large log workshop (1771), . . . — — Map (db m172062) HM
The only gravestone not removed during the 1913 landscaping was Squire's, which archaeologists discovered in place. Squire, an enslaved African American, was digging a well near the wool factory that was built for land owned by Moravian . . . — — Map (db m172105) HM
St. Philips Moravian Church is the only historic
African American Moravian church in the United
States. Christian outreach to enslaved people in and
around Salem was initiated by the Salem Female
Missionary Society. The “Negro Congregation” . . . — — Map (db m239161) HM
Dedicated to all firemen of this community. The bell first tolled to summon volunteer firefighters in the Town of Salem. Since 1912 this bell had hung in the old bell tower that was located at Station No 2, 301 South Liberty Street — — Map (db m56085) HM
This stone foundation was discovered archaeologically and denotes the location of the Tavern Smokehouse. For centuries, smokehouses were commonplace in the backyard landscape. This smokehouse played a vital role in providing meat year-round to . . . — — Map (db m172068) HM
What began as the Parish Graveyard was extended westward to the street and designated in 1816 as the resting place for all African Americans, Moravian or not, who died in and around Salem. From that date forward, all Christian whites were then . . . — — Map (db m172103) HM
The Brothers' Spring, located down this slope, provided clean water, an important campsite, and a recreational park in the 18th and 19th centuries. On this hill in 1867, freedmen of the area and the Salem African Church (St. Phillips Moravian) . . . — — Map (db m136558) HM
Opened 1909 by Western North Carolina Methodists for the care of children in need. Formerly the site of Davis School (military academy, 1890-1897). — — Map (db m99310) HM
1917-1918
In Grateful Remembrance of
The Forsyth County Men
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
In The World War
Clinton A. Anderson
William M. Bazemore
Jim Bennett
Clyde Bolling
Frank J. Brewer
Isaac L. Brown
Sam Chambers . . . — — Map (db m55728) HM
Founder of Slater Academy
Now Winston-Salem State University;
President, 1892-1904; 1913-1934
Religious and Community Leader.
House Originally Located
Three Blocks West of Current Location — — Map (db m52739) HM
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
During the early nineteenth century much of the landscape south of St. Philips Church was undeveloped or used for agricultural purposes. Beyond Salem Creek, which can still be seen running through Central Park, was Shuman's Plantation. This . . . — — Map (db m172118) HM
Built in 1858 by the brothers Samuel and Julius Mickey, Moravian descendants of the founders of Salem, this landmark originally stood as a sign in front of their tin shop at the corner of South Main and Belews Streets in Salem — — Map (db m54264) HM
Between 1854 and 1862, the economic and communication needs of Salem were met by the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road. Stretching 129 miles from Fayetteville, the head of navigation on the Cape Fear River, to the Moravian village of . . . — — Map (db m172149) HM
At the turn of the 20th century, Winston's water reservoir was located at the top of Trade Street Hill, where Eighth and Trade Streets intersected. Disaster struck in the early morning hours of November 2, 1904, when people in the neighborhood were . . . — — Map (db m52691) HM
Single Sisters House (1785) The oldest building on campus. Extensive renovation of the house was completed in 2007, and it now serves as a Welcome Center and Museum for Salem Academy and College. Also located in the building is is the Office . . . — — Map (db m172128) HM
This site marks the location where Thomas J. Wilson built the first home in what would become the town of Winston. Wilson had received permission from the Moravian Church in 1847 to erect his dwelling north of Salem's central area, as he wanted to . . . — — Map (db m98780) HM
Strike by leaf workers, mostly black and female, June 17, 1943, ˝ mile W., led to seven years of labor & civil rights activism by Local 22. — — Map (db m75569) HM
During Reconstruction, the Freedmen's Bureau
helped establish 431 schools across the South to
educate over 20,000 African American men, women,
and children. Education was widely seen as the way
for African Americans to achieve social, . . . — — Map (db m239157) HM
The West Salem Historic District recognizes West Salem's importance in the development of Salem and the growth of Winston-Salem. The neighborhood initially was settled as farms on "outlots" serving Salem during the late 18th and early 19th . . . — — Map (db m52151) HM
On August 6. 1906, the Winston Industrial Assoc. was established by African—American leaders to provide insurance for African-American tobacco workers. The association merged with Mountain City Mutual Life Ins. Co. in 1915 to become Winston . . . — — Map (db m103063) HM
In 1969, Winston-Salem became the first Southern city with a chapter of the Black Panther Party. Nationally and locally, the Black Panthers sought to protect African—American neighborhoods from police brutality; the volatility of the times . . . — — Map (db m98991) HM
On November 9, 1915, the first organizational meeting of the Winston-Salem Rotary Club, the Piedmont Triad's first Rotary club, was held in the Zinzendorf Hotel at the northeast corner of North Main and West Second Streets. The 24 founding members . . . — — Map (db m98781) HM
Alta Vista was developed in 1927 for African
American professionals. During the 1930s it
evolved into a mixed income neighborhood, and its
boundaries expanded to include other nearby
communities. It became known as Boston. The
community . . . — — Map (db m239163) HM
Bowen Park was one of the first local post-World
War II subdivisions developed for African American
buyers. The first plat for the neighborhood was
filed in 1945, with expansions in 1946 and 1958.
Alderman and Mayor Pro Tempore Carl Russell . . . — — Map (db m234044) HM
P.H. Hanes Knitting Co. – known for the iconic
product Hanes Underwear – began here in 1902, after
Pleasant Henderson Hanes sold his tobacco company.
Hanes first made two-piece, heavyweight
underwear, producing 1,000 garments a day.
Hanes . . . — — Map (db m239166) HM
Oak Crest was first platted in 1923 by John, Francis, and Henry Fries and expanded in 1937 by J.A. and H.A. Nading. With curving streets and wooded lots ranging from small to urban-farm sized, the middle-income neighborhood mixes modest Craftsman, . . . — — Map (db m234126) HM
In 1756, three years after their arrival in Wachovia, the Moravians completed construction on the first Gemeinhaus in Bethabara. This log structure not only served as a worship space, but also as a meeting space for the community and a place of . . . — — Map (db m234124) HM
The medicinal garden at Historic Bethabara Park is the oldest European medicinal herb garden in the United States. The garden was laid out in October 1756 for Doctor Kalberlan, who was among the first settlers to establish Bethabara. The garden's . . . — — Map (db m234049) HM
“A tool is but the extension of a man's hand.” – Eric Sloane, A Museum of Early American Tools, 1964
In colonial times, tools were designed by the craftsmen who used them. Metal parts, such as knife-blades, plane blades, and . . . — — Map (db m234048) HM
Bethabara is the site of the first known commercial brewery and distillery in North Carolina. The original 1756 log brewery and distillery stood across from the Gemeinhaus. After two decades of large-scale production, Moravians constructed a brick . . . — — Map (db m234046) HM
In 1766, Bethabara was a bustling trades town. The foundations represent the buildings that formed this town when it was at its height.
The footprints of the homes and businesses that once stood here extended beyond the smaller dry cellar . . . — — Map (db m234122) HM
In the 1960s, archeological excavations led by Dr. Stanley South made way for the development of Bethabara as a historic site. They “restored” the site by demolishing the 19th century town which had grown around what was left of colonial Bethabara. . . . — — Map (db m234047) HM
The French and Indian War was part of the Great War for Empire that spanned the globe from 1754 to 1763. It originated as a struggle between two European powers, France and England, and spread to the colonies under their influence. The war would . . . — — Map (db m234123) HM
Pottery played a leading role in establishing Bethabara as a major center of trade. The large-scale pottery operation in Bethabara was not only the first documented in the North Carolina colony, but it was also the most influential, with the . . . — — Map (db m234125) HM
“We reached [the little house] in the evening, and at once took possession of it, finding it large enough that we could all lie down around the walls.” – Bethabara Diary - November 17, 1753
When the fifteen Moravian settlers arrived . . . — — Map (db m234050) HM
Reynolda Park was developed by
Katharine Smith Reynolds Johnston
in the 1920s on a 65-acre tract
partitioned from Reynolda Estate.
The innovative park-like neighborhood
was designed by landscape architect
Thomas W. Sears and showcases . . . — — Map (db m239162) HM
