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Downtown Winston-Salem in 1921. 1905 – Baseball comes to Winston-Salem; 1912 – Winston-Salem Hebrew Congregation formed. [12] 1913 – Towns of Salem and Winston merge to form Winston-Salem municipality. [13] 1918 – November: Racial unrest. [8] [failed verification] 1923 – North Carolina Baptist Hospital opens. [4] [14] 1927 –
Old Salem is a historic district of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, which was originally settled by the Moravian community in 1766. [3] It features a living-history museum which interprets the restored Moravian community. The non-profit organization began its work in 1950, although some private residents had restored buildings ...
Less than 30 miles (50 km) north of Winston-Salem are the remains of the ancient Sauratown Mountains, named for the Saura people who once lived in much of the Piedmont area, including what is now Winston-Salem. [36] Winston-Salem is located 16 miles northwest of High Point, [37] 25 miles west of Greensboro, [38] and 69 miles northeast of ...
The 183-acre (0.74 km 2) park and wildlife preserve is located in Winston-Salem and is operated by the City of Winston-Salem Recreation & Parks Department as an open-air museum. The site also features 20 miles (32 km) of nature trails.
New Winston Museum is a local-history museum in the city of Winston-Salem in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The museum's focus is on Winston-Salem and Forsyth County history from 1850 to the present. The museum is currently working on opening a new, permanent home, and is not presently open to the public. During the transition period, New ...
Formerly North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, science and natural history exhibits Museum of North Carolina Minerals: Spruce Pine: Mitchell: Western: Natural history: Minerals and gems found in the area and state [65] [66] Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery: Seagrove: Randolph: Piedmont Triad: Art: Features displays from ...
West Salem Historic District is a national historic district located at Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina.The district encompasses 591 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in a largely residential section of Winston-Salem.
Kaleideum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was created from the July 2016 merger of Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County. The two old properties were closed in December 2023, and the new unified museum opened in downtown Winston-Salem on February 7, 2024.