National Historic Landmark - Bethabara

National Historic Landmark - Bethabara

Bethabara was the first colonial townsite 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 ...

Historic Bethabara Park 1753

(Community Garden)

Welcome to the Historic Bethabara Park Community Garden. Restored in 1990, this garden is the only well-documented colonial community garden in America. The original frontier garden of the Moravian settlers was established in 1754 to nourish the community that ...

Bethabara Fort 1756-63

(reconstructed)

The French and Indian War (1754-63) prompted the peaceful Moravians, in the midst of busy harvest time and in only 18 days, to build a five-sided palisade around the central part of the community. Later, such fortifications were added to ...

Bethabara Tavern 1757

Accommodating strangers was difficult until the Brethren built the first tavern in 1757. This tavern served until 1775, when the new tavern was opened on the east side of the extensive community gardens. The old 1757 tavern partially collapsed very ...

New Bethabara Tavern 1775

From 1775 until 1787 the new Bethabara Tavern was operated here. Between 1787 and 1801 the building served as the community store while also providing lodging for travelers. The building stood until 1824, apparently continuing to operate as a tavern ...

Bethabara

First settlement by Moravians in North Carolina, 1753; known also as Old Town. Church erected 1788. Town is 1 mile N.E.

Marker is at the intersection of Reynolda Rd. (U.S. 67) and Fairlawn Dr., on the left when traveling north on ...