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The Moravian Historical Society is located in the 1740-1743 Whitefield House in downtown Nazareth. [1] The Moravian Historical Society collects objects relating to Moravian history, provides research assistance, publishes, and offers lectures, programs, events, and activities for all ages and levels of interest. [1] [2]
Jacobson, Henry A. Revolutionary Notes on Friedensthal, Christian Spring, and Nazareth. Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society, Vol. II, No. 1 (1877-1886). Beck, Clara A. The Single Brethren of the Moravian Church in the Barony of Nazareth. Transactions of the Moravian Historical Society, Vol. XI, No. 2 (1931-1936)
The Whitefield House and Gray Cottage are two historic homes on the Ephrata Tract in Nazareth, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.Construction on both buildings began in 1740, by Moravian settlers who moved to Nazareth after the failure of their mission to Native Americans and Europeans in the Savannah, Georgia area, 1735–1740.
Notable non-residential buildings include the Nazareth Moravian Church (1861, St. John's U.C.C. Church (1905-1907), and St. John's Lutheran Church (1858). Located in the district is the separately listed Nazareth Hall Tract. [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
On 11 December 1755, the Moravian bishop August Gottlieb Spangenberg wrote to Timothy Horsfield, a justice of the peace from Bethlehem, [12] who forwarded his letters to Governor Robert Hunter Morris. Spangenberg described an assault on several farms in the area, by a band of 200 Native American warriors, who had killed a number of settlers and ...
Pages in category "Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Indian Tower. The Indian Tower is a lookout tower that sits at the highest point of the original 5,000 acres (20 km 2) of Nazareth, Pennsylvania.. The original structure was a pavilion called "the summer house" built in 1867 by John Jordan, Jr. Jordan later donated $200 to the Moravian Historical Society to replace the pavilion with the present-day tower, which was completed in 1916.
The seal of the Moravian Church featuring the Agnus Dei in stained glass at the Rights Chapel of Trinity Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Before finally settling in Pennsylvania, and later founding another settlement in North Carolina, the Moravians initially made an attempt at settlement in Georgia for their mission work. [6]