National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

National Historic Landmark - Bethania Historic District

Bethania is nationally significant because it is a rare example of the agricultural patterns of a German, -open field- agricultural village.

The Bethania Town Lot also illustrates Moravian community planning and development.

Bethania is ...

Bethania

Founded 12 June 1759

First planned Moravian Village in N. Carolina. Colonial and antebellum trade and agricultural center. Only remaining continuous, independent Wachovia Settlement. Contains unique remnants of original medieval style plan where families lived in a central village and the ...

Bethania Freedman's Community

The community established along this road in the Bethania Town Lot was built by African-American men and women who began acquiring land here following the Civil War. Many of these people had been enslaved on the Oak Grove plantation, from ...