historic bethania, nc
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Bethania has a quaint Main Street with lovely homes close the road and a beautiful walking trail behind the visitor center. It is also home to the Mill, which houses a great gift shop, art gallery, and sandwich shop. Great place to spend a half a day .
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Historic Bethania is a quaint little village on the northwestern edge of Winston-Salem. It's one of three Moravian historic sites in town, the others being Old Salem and Bethabara. There is a nice visitor's center and some shops in the old mill building. I'd suggest creating a "history day or day and a half" and visiting all three sites. Honestly, you can see all there is to see in Bethania or Bethabara in a few hours; Old Salem can take the better part of a day if you do it right. I wouldn't recommend these sites for small kids - you need to be old enough to appreciate the historical significance of the settlements.
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My wife and I took advantage of a sunny post July 4th weekend. We had seen a documentary on a house that was restored in Historic Bethania, NC. We had wanted to visit the town for about a year, but never got around to visiting it.Bethania is about ten or fifteen miles outside of Winston Salem. It is an old Moravian farming community that dates back to 1759. The town was actually planned out and is relatively still remains much the same as I would imagine it looked many years ago.We had an easy ride up from Charlotte and found Bethania without much difficulty. As we entered the town, we came upon the "Historic Bethania" Visitors Center. The visitors center is part of a restored house (Wolff-Moser) which was a farmhouse and dates back to 1799.We were very fortunate to meet Mark the curator of the house and visitors center. Mark is an absolute pleasure to talk to and has a deep wealth of knowledge regarding both Bethania and Moravian History. Mark gave us a brief history and then took us over to the farmhouse. The house has been restored and is in good shape. It was quite interesting and I am sure Mark would have been able to continue giving us many more facts about the house and the town.He pointed out points of interest in the town and we headed off for a walk and ended up at "God's Little Acre" on a hilltop behind a Moravian Church. The cemetery is very well kept and dates back to 1760. We were actually able to find the grave site of the infant who was first buried there.We also had lunch at a delightful restaurant called the Muddy Creek Cafe. The restaurant is part of an old mill complex diagonal to the Visitor's Center. They have a variety of sandwiches on the menu and the food was quite good. I highly recommend a visit to Historic Bethania. It would be especially enjoyable if you combined a visit to Old Salem. I am not sure if Old Salem promotes Historic Bethania, but it would certainly be a great day trip to combine both locations for a day trip. The Visitor's Center in Bethania is open between Tuesday and Saturday. It might also help if you would call Mark ahead and let him know you were coming.I forgot to mention that the tour was "Free." You can't beat that.
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This quiet recreation of the first settlement of Moravians in this area is free. Start in the visitor's center to view a film and study a model of the settlement. You may wander around the resurrected settlement garden including the medicinal garden. There are several foundations and buildings from the original settlement in 1753. Play hide and seek around the new, rebuilt palisade. Picnic on the lawns or wander the trails. Children and pets are welcome.
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The history was so interesting. Learned many things I had never heard of before. Hope to visit again sometime.
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Drove from Charlotte, NC to the village, (1 hour drive). The information said they are open all year Tues-Sat from 10am-4pm. Not! The visitor center was closed and could not see the buildings. Took the hiking trail, a nice 1.4 mile loop, crossing over 3 creeks. Very nice. If they are not open during the winter months, they need to change their info. Would go again, but call first to make sure someone will be there. There were some nice shops across the street and a café, so trip was not as disappointing. Please update your info!
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Drove over here to explore and found that it was a nice little town with a big past. There is a visitors center and a house that is sat up in it's original form next door. There is a little shop just down the street with some fun things as well as a small gift shop in the visitors center that goes back to the preservation of the town. There is a small walking trail right by the visitors center that is really peaceful and there is a map that you can get that shows the houses! It was alot of fun
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Start in the visitors center and get a feel for the town and then do a walking tour of the old homes still standing. Visit the old mill turned into local shopping.
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Community event held at a great time of year in late September. Food, vendors, restored buildings, entertainment, friendly people.
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Bethania is such a lovely place to visit. If Moravine or not this is a place to visit. I have memories visiting here with my grandparents, and my grandfather telling me about the history since his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and himself grew up around Bethania.