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Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

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1 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072001

Sign pointing the way to Historic Bethabara Park.

2 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072002

The park's visitor center.

3 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072003

An original Moravian log house.

4 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072004

The road through the historic park is narrowed to one lane to slow down traffic.

5 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072005

The restored Gemeinhaus, built in 1788. The Gemeinhaus was not only a church but also a meeting place, school, and minister's house for the settlement. It is the only German colonial church with attached minister's living quarters remaining in the United States. It is furnished with period furniture (some original to the building) and a reconstructed Bilitschek organ.

6 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072006

The reconstructed palisades on the historic park grounds, rebuilt on the same spot as discovered in a recent archaeological excavation.

7 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072007

A sign at the remains of this house reads, "Smith House, 1762 - New arrivals from Pennsylvania helped swell Bethabara's 1762 population to 75 Moravians and 15 outside laborers. As the size of the village grew so did the need for new houses and shops. The cellar of the 1762 Smith's House was filled in with dirt in the early 19th century when much of the original town site was made into farmland."

8 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072008

The reconstructed 1759 Community Garden is the only known example of a reconstructed colonial community garden, and the 1761 medicinal garden is the earliest known example of a well documented colonial medicinal garden.

9 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072009

Flowers growing in the reconstructed 1759 Community Garden.

10 NC Echo Thumbnail Historic Bethabara Park
Winston-Salem, Forsyth County

Photo 00072010

More flowers growing in the reconstructed 1759 Community Garden.