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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 ...
Bethabara Moravian Church, built 1788. Wachovia (/ w ɑː ˈ k oʊ v i ə /) was the area settled by Moravians in what is now Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States.Of the six 18th-century Moravian "villages of the Lord" established in Wachovia, today only the town of Bethania and city of Winston-Salem exist within the historic Wachovia Tract.
Moravian churches in North Carolina (4 P) Pages in category "Moravian settlement in North Carolina" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Bethabara Historic District encompasses the surviving buildings and archaeological remains of a small Moravian community, that was first settled in 1753. Located in present-day Forsyth County, North Carolina, it is now a public park of the city of Winston-Salem. It was designated National Historic Landmark in 1999.
In 1753 they established a temporary community at Bethabara, with the intent of establishing permanent settlements elsewhere on the tract. Planned by Christian Philip Gottlieb Reuter , Bethania was the first permanent settlement laid out and established in 1759 on 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2 ) of the nearly 100,000 acres (400 km 2 ) Wachovia tract.
Bethania was the first planned Moravian settlement in Wachovia, and members of a "Society", under the care of the Bethania congregation, were permitted to reside in the village after July 1759. Today, Bethania's eighteenth-century German-type linear agricultural village design remains visible and intact, and most town lots and roadways have ...
Moravian settlement in Pennsylvania (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Settlements of the Moravian Church" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina. ... Area of 1753 Moravian settlement 3: ... Biltmore Estate. May 23, 1963 ...