Bethabara
Location: 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Bethabara was the first colonial settlement established in the Carolina Piedmont. The town was intended to be a temporary town from which the central Moravian town of Salem and outlying farming communities would be developed within the Moravian lands of Wachovia. However, Bethabara continued in operation as a Moravian community long after Salem was established.

Bethabara was the only "house of passage" built by the Moravians at any of their colonial settlements in the New World. Archeological investigations have demonstrated the Bethabara archeological remains at the site are intact and this work has contributed to a significant understanding of the Moravian culture, in particular the manufacture of Moravian pottery.


Old Salem Historic District
Location: Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Restored example of an 18th-century theocratic planned community, established by Moravians. The city that grew up here became the commercial center of the surrounding Piedmont region.


Salem Tavern
Location: Old Salem, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, North Carolina


The first brick building in Salem, erected in 1784 by the Moravian congregation that established the town. The Moravians, a devout Germanic people, set about to construct a planned, congregation town in which the church directed the economic, as well as spiritual affairs of the residents. The tavern was considered a necessity for the town's development as a trading center.


Single Brothers' House
Location: Old Salem, Academy and Main Street, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Restored example of a Germanic half-timbered construction (1768-86) in the Moravian planned community of Salem. It was used as a trade school for Moravian boys and as a dormitory for master craftsmen, journeymen and apprentices.