Winter-Spring 2012 Old Salem Magazine

Winter–Spring 2012

John SiewerS houSe • The 52 Show • LighTning rodS of SaLem

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On The Cover:

Carpenter’s apprentice Walt stands atop a log he is hewing for the Miksch House bake

oven (see article on page 11).

Old Salem Museums & Gardens

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Winston-Salem, NC 27101

Phone 336-721-7350 | Fax 336-721-7335

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2011–2012board of trusteesMr. Anthony L. Furr, Acting Chairman

Mr. Paul Fulton, Vice Chairman

Mr. F. Hudnall Christopher, Jr., Treasurer

Mr. Richard Gottlieb, Secretary

Dr. Eugene W. Adcock, III

Ms. Betsy Annese

Dr. Anthony Atala

Mr. Michael J. Bozymski

Mr. Nicholas B. Bragg

Mr. Robert Brown

Mr. Craig D. Cannon

Mr. J. Haywood Davis

Mr. W. Ted Gossett

Mr. James A. Gray, III

Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr.

Mr. Michael Hough

Mr. Henry H. Jordan, II

Mr. Stanhope A. Kelly

Ms. Judy Lambeth

Mrs. Chris Minter-Dowd

Mr. Anthony Montag

Mr. L. Glenn Orr, Jr.

Mr. C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.

Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.

Dr. Allston J. Stubbs, III

Mrs. Margaret D. Townsend

Mr. William Watson

Mr. Samuel H. Wauford, Jr.

Ex-Officio Members:

Mr. Franklin C. Kane | Ms. Molly A. Leight

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The Historic Town of Salem is a restored Moravian

congregation town dating back to 1766, with costumed

interpreters bringing the late-18th and 19th centuries to

life. Restored original buildings, faithful reconstructions,

and historically accurate gardens and landscapes make the

Historic Town of Salem one of America’s most authentic

history attractions.

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts

(MESDA), collects, exhibits, researches, and educates the

public about the decorative arts made and used by people

living and working in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas,

Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, from the 17th century

to the beginning of the Civil War.

The Gardens of Salem consist of award-winning

restorations that create a landscape reminiscent of early

Salem where utility, practicality, and beauty are united.

Winter/Spring 2012

Old Salem Museums & Gardens consists of three museums:

introducing ragan folan • 5

Old Salem welcomes its Seventh president.

What’s new on the Old Salem bookshelves • 6Finding the story of slavery through Southern art; exploring God’s Fields.

Historic Lightning Rods in Salem • 8In 1752, Benjamin Franklin specified this system to protect buildings.

miksch house:The journey of food from seeds to the table • 11

an antique with a mind of its own • 14

Restoring the historic 1844 John Siewers House.

Sixty Years Later • 17

Furniture of the South and the 1952 Show.

New to the Collections • 22

Tennessee furniture from the Mary Jo Case Collection.

Friends of Old Salem • 26

One family’s story of an incredible value.

Building a Legacy, Helping Friends • 27

The Frederic Marshall Society members’ list.

The Frank L. Horton Society • 29

Building a collection, helping friends.

Naturalization Ceremony • 31

The site of the nation’s first July 4 celebration celebrates

new citizens. Don’t miss the party!

Calendar of events • 32

There’s lots to do at Old Salem—lunch time, evenings, weekends, and more.

Limited openings available for Summer Apprentices and Summer Camp.

Contents

Historic Lightning

Rods in Salem—history

with a spark.

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A 1952 exhibit laid a

foundation for MESDA’s

formation and growth.

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New Benefactors of

Salem make Old Salem

their “third place.”

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Hearthside Cooking is

just one of the hands-on

learning opportunities

at Old Salem.

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Saving Seeds, part of the

Miksch House story.

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Ragan Folan,

Old Salem’s seventh

President and CEO.

North Carolina products currently available in our retail stores and online

include delicious baked goods from Winkler Bakery including Moravian cookies,

cheese stars, and sugar cakes as well as assorted nuts, Miss Jenny’s Pickles,

Open Season Sweet Potato Butter, Fireside Foods Blackjack BBQ Sauce (Mild

and Hot), and Milly's Dillies (Dilly Beans). Check out our new area featuring

North Carolina products in the Old Salem Marketplace in the Visitor Center!

Selling North Carolinasince 1766

Shop online at oldsalem.com

Shop by phone 877-652-7253

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i n t r o d u c i n g R a g a n F o l a n , o l d S a l e m ’ s n e w P r e s i d e n t

old salem museums & gardens administration

Ragan Folan

President & CEO

Eric Hoyle

Vice President

Administration & CFO

Tom Connors

Vice President Development

John Larson

Vice President Restoration

Robert Leath

Vice President

Collections & Research

Paula Locklair

Vice President Education

as a past chairman of Old Salem’s Board of Trustees and

a good friend of both the museum and Ragan Folan, it is my honor

and pleasure to introduce you to Old Salem’s seventh President and

CEO. I first met Ragan Folan and her husband during a social function

celebrating Summit School’s new library. The Folans impressed me and

we quickly developed a friendship that I value greatly.

Ragan Portaro Folan is a native of Ohio who went to school in Virginia.

She was introduced to Old Salem on an orientation tour of Winston-Salem

in 1999, when her husband, McDara, was joining the legal staff at the

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company.

The Folans have three children. Caitlin teaches fifth grade at Summit School in Winston-

Salem, McDara is a student at UNC-Asheville, and McKenzie is at Woodberry Forest School

in Madison County, Virginia. They enjoy traveling with their children, particularly at

Christmas, when they can coordinate their busy schedules.

Ragan earned her undergraduate degree in commerce at the University of Virginia and an

MBA at the University of Richmond. She worked for IBM Lotus in sales and management

prior to starting her own firm, Winghaven Consulting, where she continued as an

independent marketing consultant for IBM.

After settling her immediate and extended family in North Carolina—including her mother

and two brothers—Ragan became involved in a wide variety of worthy Winston-Salem

endeavors. She has served on the boards of Summit School, Friends of Brenner Children’s

Hospital, the Winston-Salem Children’s Museum, and the Second Harvest Food Bank. She

has also been on Old Salem’s Board of Trustees since 2004. She is also on the board of the

University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education Foundation and serves on UVA’s National

Committee on University Resources (NCOUR).

When she manages to find a little personal time, Ragan likes to read and collect (“in a small

way”) antique silver and Limoges porcelain.

Having been on Old Salem’s board for eight years, serving as chairwoman for the past two,

Ragan is thoroughly familiar with the museum. She sees the top challenges for the institution going

forward as raising the necessary funds to execute our strategic plan. She believes this plan will

ensure that Old Salem, MESDA, and our historic gardens will be enjoyed by future generations.

That challenge includes continuing to encourage our friends near and far to enjoy the wonderful

resources and programs offered at Old Salem and MESDA.

Please join me in welcoming my friend Ragan to her new role at the Old Salem Museums

& Gardens. She is a woman of vision and I know the museum is in capable hands. She will

do a phenomenal job of managing the complex relationships associated with Old Salem and

MESDA. You’ll be hearing from her personally in the next issue of this magazine.

Thank you, BordenHanes

Ragan Folan,

Old Salem’s seventh

President and CEO


6� Old Salem Museums & Gardens

Rave reviews for scholarly tomes are rare. Maurie

McInnis’s Slaves Waiting for Sale deserves every

word of the generous praise her peers and reviewers have

written about her newest book.

“With ingenious research and imaginative writ-

ing…,” McInnis “unites places and facets of life too

seldom joined,” said Edward L. Ayers of the University

of Richmond. The book “epitomizes the best of scholar-

ship,” according to Bernard L. Herman of the University

of North Carolina, who goes on to say it is “beautifully

crafted, compellingly argued and powerfully original.”

Slaves Waiting for Sale focuses on the paintings of a

young British artist, Eyre Crowe, to explore the slave

trade in the American South. In 1853, Crowe traveled

with William Makepeace Thackeray on a tour of the

United States. During their trip, Crowe visited a slave

auction in Richmond, Virginia. Fascinated by what he

saw, the artist made sketches he later developed into

a series of illustrations and paintings, including the

29” by 39” oil-on-canvas work that shares its title with

McInnis’s book.

The business of selling slaves at auction is examined

across the South, from Richmond to Charleston to

Atlanta to New Orleans. McInnis uses literature, works

by other artists, archaeology, news sources, and personal

accounts in her analysis. Though her subject is grim,

her treatment of it is mesmerizing.

“It’s a book that will speak to readers in many different

fields,” observed E. B. Robertson of the University of California, Santa Barbara. This reader, who

generally prefers fiction to fact, found Slaves Waiting for Sale compelling. m —Betsy Allen

What’s new on the Old Salem bookshelf

B o o k R e v i e w s

Slaves Waiting for Sale: Abolitionist Art and the American Slave Trade By Maurie D. McInnis | 280 pages, $40.00

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God’s Fields: Landscape, Religion, and Race in Moravian Wachovia By Leland Ferguson | 256 pages, $74.94

God’s Fields is a detailed study of the eighteenth-century religious

and social beliefs and practices of the Moravian community of

Salem, North Carolina by a twenty-first-century professor of anthro-

pology. The result is a “fascinating examination of the tension of race

relations in the antebellum South…” that “is hard to put down,”

according to Christopher E. Hendricks, author of The Backcountry

Towns of Colonial Virginia.

Ferguson has devoted thirty years to archaeological research on

African American history and race relations. For many of those years

his focus has been on Old Salem and Wachovia—including archaeol-

ogy at St. Philips African Moravian Church—through a partnership

between the Department of Anthropology of the University of South

Carolina and Old Salem Museums & Gardens. In addition to archaeo-

logical findings, his book is also a personalized perspective of the his-

tory of the Salem Moravians.

Early in the book Ferguson says, “Historians most often search for

answers in the written record. Archaeologists also do research in librar-

ies and archives, but our usual work world is outdoors. We tend to

look to the ground and the landscape to answer questions.” Connecting

landscape and community intent provides some of Ferguson’s most

intriguing conclusions about Salem, especially his analysis of town

planning in regard to dualisms: secular and sacred; male and female;

white and black.

Although God’s Fields presents some contradictions and varying

interpretations on Ferguson’s subject, he does explain that,

“archaeological and historical research offer answers to… questions and raise new ones along

the way. Some questions, however, go beyond scholarly research.”

Despite those limitations, God’s Fields is a valuable contribution to written record of the restoration

of Old Salem, especially Ferguson’s documentation of the archaeological investigation at St. Philips

African Moravian Church. The author’s personal viewpoint of the evolution (or devolution) of racial

tensions in Salem and then Winston-Salem is a worthy bonus. m —Betsy Allen

Both of these books are available at Old Salem’s Museum Store in the Horton Museum Center or online

at www.oldsalem.org. For more information, call 877-652-7253.

historic Lightning Rods in Salem


Throughout Salem, metal rods can be seen

stretching above rooftops and chimneys, only

to run down the sides of buildings and disappear deep

into the ground. In addition to the other architectural

legacies that the town offers, the Moravians have placed

these devices on buildings since the late eighteenth cen-

tury in hopes of saving their buildings and loved ones

from lightning’s inexplicable and destructive force.

For some time it had been posited that lightning was

a form of electricity, but Benjamin Franklin’s numerous

eighteenth-century experiments advanced the contem-

porary knowledge on the subject. Having noticed that

a sharp, iron needle could neutralize a charged metal

sphere, he believed that a metal rod attached to a build-

ing could attract lightning from a cloud and pass it

safely to the ground. By 1752, he specified this system to

protect buildings.

By Lauren Shepulski and

Sunni L. goodson

Opposite page: Victorian lightning rods often

employed decorative glass balls, as seen on Cedarhyrst,

located next to God’s Acre and completed in 1896.

historic Lightning Rods in Salem


Lightning rods were first introduced in Salem

in the late eighteenth century. In 1787, con-

gregational minutes note that both the Single

Brothers’ House and the Miksch House had

been struck during a violent storm, apparently

providing incentive for installation of lightning

rods. In 1788, Salem adopted building codes,

although the placement of lightning rods was

not explicitly covered; however, a “beginning

was made with putting [them] on the larger

buildings.” Shortly after the building codes were

approved, lightning rods were placed on the

Single Brothers’ House, the community store

run by T. Bagge, the Salem Tavern, and the

Geimein Haus.

The popularity of lightning rods in Salem

seemingly increased in the decade that followed.

A 1798 drawing of the Boys’ School shows that

the building was fitted with a lightning rod at

some point. This pattern of increased installation

of lightning rods continued into the nineteenth

century. In 1874, the last entry regarding rods in

the congregational minutes book, recorded that,

“The lightning rod [on the church] was declared

to be useless and might as well be taken down.”

We may never be entirely sure if Salem resi-

dents stopped using lightning rods in the early

twentieth century before the restoration of the

town began; however, twenty-eight historic rods

remain on twenty buildings today, supporting

the idea that some residents remained convinced

of their efficacy and protection.

While the use of lightning rods is widespread

throughout the historic district, the public’s

understanding of lightning and rod construc-

tion is not as complete. During a thunder-

storm, clouds develop strong electric fields

that cause “leaders” of negative ions to migrate

toward the ground. As these leaders descend

they intensify the electric fields at ground level,

causing “streamers” of positively charged ions

to rise up from well-exposed objects, such as

buildings or lighting rods. Lightning leaders

coming down through the atmosphere will

connect to any streamers within range, allow-

ing the electrical charge in the cloud to descend

through this connection. If that charge passes

through a non-conductive or highly electrical-

resistant object, such as an unprotected build-

ing, the damage can be severe and start a fire.

If the charge comes in contact with an object

that has very little electrical resistance, such as a

lightning rod, the current passes to the ground

and is safely discharged.

Contrary to eighteenth-century beliefs, light-

ning rods do not attract lightning. Prevailing

winds are the greatest factor in the position

of positive ions (streamers) in the air and

thus determining where lightning will strike.

Iron joints for lightning

rods, created in forges

by Salem’s gunsmiths

or blacksmiths, could

be welded, hooked, and

fastened, as seen on the

Single Brothers’ House.

It is important that the

joints of a lightning rod

were uniform and com-

plete to prevent electric-

ity from shooting out of

weak spots, an occurrence

called a “sideflash.”


Lightning rods do not discharge clouds of their

own accord (another myth held by eighteenth-

century people).

Lightning rods vary in their exact materials

and design. The first lightning rods were made

of wrought iron or copper and were of solid

construction. Wrought iron was origi-

nally preferred to steel or other irons

because its low carbon content was a

deterrent of rust and oxidation. Forged

in the shop and welded together onsite

through various types of joints, rods

would extend several feet above the

chimney, pass through a conductive

material, straight to a grounding device

such as an embedded anchor which

was meant to distribute the charge into

the earth and neutralize it. The rod

was then fastened in place to the house

through the use of iron staples or pins.

Lightning rods from the nineteenth

century often had decorative glass balls near the

top of the rod, as seen on the Cedarhyrst build-

ing in Old Salem. The glass balls were initially

thought to be indicative of whether the rod was

functioning properly, but it is now known that

the glass balls were purely ornamental, serving as

branding identification for the manufacturer. In

time, weathervanes atop ridges and cupolas also

incorporated lightning rods into their design,

such as that seen on Home Moravian Church.

Lightning rods are important features of old

buildings because they represent historic con-

struction techniques and provide information

about the chronology of a house. Nonetheless,

they also present various preserva-

tion issues such as atmospheric cor-

rosion. This occurs when a film of

moisture containing gases like oxy-

gen, carbon dioxide, and pollutants

is formed on the surface of the iron,

causing a breakdown in the struc-

ture of the material. However, with

regular maintenance and care historic

lightning rods can be preserved and

retained for the benefit of future

generations.

The next time you’re walking

around Salem, take a moment and

look at the rooftops and chimneys of

the buildings to appreciate the beauty and util-

ity of the lightning rods… unless it’s about to

storm—then quickly head to safety of Winkler

Bakery and enjoy some sugar cake! m

Lauren Shepulski and Sunni L. Goodson were

interns in 2011 at Old Salem from the Univer-

sity of North Carolina at Greensboro

A drawing of the Boys’ School

shows that the building

was fitted with a

lightning rod by

1798. Old Salem

Collection.

Wire is used to connect

two pieces of wrought iron

to complete the lightning

rod on Home Moravian.

sity of North Carolina at Greensboro

A drawing of the Boys’ School

shows that the building

was fitted with a

lightning rod by

1798. Old Salem

Collection.

historic Lightning Rods in Salem continued

The Cape Fear Bank building, Main Street has two light-

ning rods on opposing chimneys for added protection.

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the Inspector’s House.

The 1860 weathervane

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Bill Cissna


The little yellow house across from Winkler Bakery is once again an

integral part of the Old Salem experience. Visitors to the Matthew

Miksch House are now privy to an entirely new story of colonial living

in Salem: the journey of food from seeds to the table.

In the first five years of the fledgling town of Salem, housing for

builders and residents alike was entirely communal in nature. The

First through Fifth houses, followed by the Single Brothers’ House

(1769) and the Gemein Haus (1771), provided shared living spaces.

In 1771, however, a simple dovetailed log house, quickly covered in

clapboards and painted yellow to suggest sophistication, arrived just

north of the Salem Square on Main Street. It became the town’s first

private family home, built for Matthew and Henrietta Miksch.

The Miksches were related to Bishop Spangenberg through

Matthew’s mother and had moved to Salem after seven years in

Bethabara. Salem’s administrators provided the couple with advice on

Chet Tomlinson shows a group of school

children how to plant potatoes in the

Miksch family garden.

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how they might make a living and meet certain

needs of the town. Following those suggestions,

the Miksches’s began farming and gardening and

also opened a shop in their house.

The Miksches’s pioneering ways and the arrival

of other small homes on narrow rectangular lots

in Salem prompted the term “family gardens”

to first appear in town’s written records in 1775.

By that time, Br. Miksch sold “hardy plants” to

townspeople and others; and he processed and

sold snuff, small tobacco twists (for chewing),

and large twists (for smoking). In addition, the

couple baked and sold gingerbread.

The Miksches’s greatest impact on Salem was

their experimentation and expansion of family

gardening at a time when the town’s planners were

realizing that communal farms outside of town

would not fully meet the agricultural needs of a

growing Wachovia. The organized, well-kept gar-

dens that would mark many Salem lots began with

the Miksches’s businesses—and are directly repre-

sented on their property in today’s Old Salem.

The restored Miksch House and reconstructed

manufactory behind the house (originally built in

1782–1783, primarily for tobacco products) have

become the centerpiece for a more thorough inte-

gration of the museum’s long-standing horticul-

tural programs into visitors’ overall exposure to the

past. The close connections between seeds, plants,

trees, harvesting, and feeding a family are capably

explained by Old Salem Historic Trades interpret-

ers Chet Tomlinson and Cindy Kepley. From

Tuesday through Friday every week, they conduct

the day-to-day actions that late-eighteenth-century

residents such as the Miksches would have consid-

ered vital to themselves and the community.

“While we do spend some time discussing the

Miksch businesses specifically,” Cindy notes, “we

tend to focus the story here on what we call ‘seed

to table.’ In short, what constituted the entire

process from the first planting to putting food

on the table.” Year round, visitors see those prac-

tices at work—as they might have been in the

1770s and at that particular season.

The Miksch family gardens are planted by Old

Salem’s Horticultural Department staff using heir-

loom seeds for plant species appropriate for the era.

Those plantings are harvested, preserved and laid

up for use by Old Salem interpreters for hearthside

cooking demonstrations during the winter months.

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From Seed to table Continued

(Above, top to bottom)

Cindy Kepley rolls out

dough to make pie crusts

in the Miksch kitchen;

Carpenter’s apprentice

Walt hews a log for the

Miksch House bake oven.

(right) A table is set in the Miksch House;

(far right) The Miksch bake oven under construction.


“We felt that, in the past, the [museum’s]

trades, domestic, and gardening interpretations

weren’t really connected,” Chet notes. “Now,

at the Miksch House, they come together. I

anticipate that there will be days when I can take

something out of the garden that will go into the

kitchen for peeling or trimming and use. The

peelings will go into a compost pile, and I’ll take

from an older compost pile to spread back on

the garden. Essentially, the whole cycle can be

seen in a few hours.”

Though it’s difficult to know for sure in the

first year of this new interpretive approach, the

spring and early summer will be an exciting time

for Cindy and Chet. “You have to remember

that the residents would have gone for several

months of cold weather with no fresh produce,”

Cindy says. “The first anticipated growth in the

spring garden is asparagus. You would still be

using up the stored goods, but at last there’s

something fresh!” Chet planted carrots, beets,

cabbages, and other goods in late February, while

fresh onion and garlic will be among the earliest

harvested produce. By the end of April, the gar-

dens should be in full swing.

Another project at the Miksch House adds to

the interpretation. The Miksch business had an

outdoor bake oven, not unlike the one onsite at

the Vierling House (the Miksches’s daughter,

Martha, eventually married Dr. Vierling). On the

footprint of the original oven, another has been

reconstructed. Interpreters plan a weekly bake

session on Fridays.

The reception at the Miksch House to the

new approach has been “great,” according to

Chet and Cindy. “Visitors during the week have

really liked it, especially the kids,” Chet notes.

Regardless, the new iteration of the Miksch

House—complete with intriguing maps and sur-

veying tools on display in its main room—helps

to better understand the complexity and time-

consuming nature of surviving and thriving in

the earliest days of Salem. m

Bill Cissna is a freelance writer, playwright and

novelist living in Kernersville, North Carolina.

Diane Ott Whealy: The “Seed Saver”

In conjunction with Slow Food Piedmont, Old Salem hosted

Diane Ott Whealy for a lecture and workshop on March 13–14

this year. Ott Whealy is the co-founder

of Seed Savers Exchange and currently

serves as the non-profit’s vice presi-

dent of education. Since its founding

in 1975, Ott Whealy has helped grow

Seed Savers to include more than

13,000 members and to create Heritage

Farm, an 890-acre headquarters in Decorah, Iowa.

Seed Savers Exchange is dedicated to the preservation and dis-

tribution of heirloom varieties of

vegetables, fruits, grains, flowers

and herbs. It is one of the largest

non-governmental seed banks

in the U.S.

Ott Whealy brought her recently-

published book Gathering: Memoir

of a Seed Saver, which outlines the

Seed Savers story (256 pages; $25;

available at Old Salem’s stores on

at www.oldsalem.com)

“we tend to focus the story here on what we call ‘seed to table.’”

—Cindy Kepley


We first visited Winston-Salem for a niece’s

wedding at Graylyn a few years ago.

A Salem Academy and Wake Forest graduate

who knew of our interest in historic preserva-

tion, she recommended we stay in Old Salem

during all the festivities. We spent a delightful

week at the Zevely Inn and vowed to return

when we had more time. Little did we know at

that point that our youngest daughter would

soon follow her cousin at Salem Academy as a

boarding student. Frequent trips from the North

led to a decision to move South to see blue sky

regularly. Winston-Salem made the short list,

along with two Virginia towns, and the active

search for a new home began.

One snowy afternoon in Ohio we received a call

from our daughter saying there was a “For Sale”

sign in the window of a house in Old Salem. What

followed became the latest chapter in the history of

the 168-year-old John Siewers House.

Having completed three adaptive-reuse

renovations of less-important historic proper-

An Antique with a Mind of its Own

by Betsy allen with

Kathleen Keyser


Restoring a historic house is a daunting endeavor—for anyone. Over the years, Old Salem Museums

& Gardens has restored nearly two-dozen buildings in the Historic Town of Salem. About the same

number have been undertaken by private homeowners. The resulting streetscape seen in Old Salem today

is an impressive result of a dynamic alliance of museum professionals and individuals attracted to

preserving history.

The 1844 John Siewers House on Main Street is one of two recent restorations completed by private homeown-

ers. The other is directly across the street from the John Siewers House: the 1831 Kuehln House. Watching those

two stately homes brought back to their original splendor over the past few years has been gratifying for anyone

interested in Salem’s architectural heritage.

The John Siewers House is nearly ready for its new owners to move

in. Kathleen and Jerry Keyser have been restoring their “huge antique

with a mind of its own” for nearly four years. Though they are the ninth

owners of the house, theirs is its first actual “restoration” (working to

accurately depict the features and character of a building to a particular

period of its history). Previous work on the John Siewers House had been

classified as a “preservation” (simply sustaining the existing form and

integrity of a building).

The Keysers purchased the house with an essentially original interior,

only a few alterations for modern conveniences, and no obvious exterior

additions except for a small dormer on the rear roof. Despite its strong

state of preservation, the couple would need to address some serious

issues through the restoration process.

This is the restoration story of Old Salem’s newest residents in their own words:

R e s t o r i n g t h e 1 8 4 4 J o h n S i e w e r s H o u s e



ties, Jerry was slightly apprehensive about the

project, but the house won him over. Very few

major changes had been made to the house

during its long history, so the original historic

features spoke for themselves. Our immediate

and primary goal was to treat the house as the

fine antique it is and bring it back to its original

splendor. We also wanted to restore or repair

where possible—and if not possible, replace with

of-the-period historic materials. The search for

craftsmen who were sensitive to the true preser-

vation of historic features while creating a home

adapted to twenty-first-century standards was

important and an ongoing challenge.

We have learned many lessons in the past

few years of repairing and restoring our fine

antique. While we have been eager to move in,

we realized early in the process that artisans and

craftsmen cannot be rushed. Outwardly, visible

signs of our progress are the new wood-shingled

roof, original window and shutter restorations,

the front portico column and railing, gutter and

downspout repairs, and brick re-pointing with

period lime mortar. Less visible but as impor-

tant are the installation of a geothermal heating/

cooling system, termite elimination and damage

repairs, interior plaster wall fixes addressing the

wet cellar walls, and restoration of the original

heart pine floors without sanding.

Being sensitive to the environment

was always one of our objectives and

we recycled unused materials when-

ever possible. A hazardous materials

abatement contractor was hired

to remove and properly dis-

pose of the twentieth-century,

asbestos-laden, heating system.

We knew we were on the right

track with our project when

the friendly ghost who regu-

larly tapped Jerry on the head

as he descended the cellar

stairs during the early, dis-

ruptive, stages of the project

was apparently appeased and

has not been heard

from since!

Downsizing our residence

and transitioning to urban

living had been subjects of

cooling system, termite elimination and damage

An Antique with a Mind of its OwnAn Antique with a Mind of its OwnAn Antique with a Mind of its OwnAn Antique with a Mind of its Own

Top left: The John

Siewers house, 1930s.

Top right: The John

Siewers House, 1950s.

Kathleen and

Jerry Keyser

R e s t o r i n g t h e 1 8 4 4 J o h n S i e w e r s H o u s e


many discussions during our search for a new

home. Since we were looking forward to hav-

ing lots of company and entertaining—we have

large extended families—we needed space to

do so in a location family and friends would be

excited to visit. Our Old Salem house perfectly

fits the bill. One sister had her wedding in our

new backyard, we’ve had an open house party

for neighbors, friends, and historic preservation-

ists, and we hosted an open house for Old Salem

staff and volunteers for them to see our progress.

Kathleen has even had her neighborhood book

club meet in the unfinished house just so they

could see what we’ve been up to.

We feel very much at home here. Kathleen is

glad to be back in the South. Jerry feels a special

connection to the Moravians here with one of

his ancestors, Dirck Keyser, who in 1688 settled

just doors away from where Count Zinzendorf

would start the first Moravian school in America

(in Germantown, outside Philadelphia).

While we have many stories about our Old

Salem restoration project, we both agree the

best feature of our move has been becoming an

integral part of a living history town. It is people

who make a neighborhood. Old Salem is lucky

to have a caring, dedicated museum staff dur-

ing business hours as well as friendly, actively

involved resident homeowners 24/7. m

Restor ing the 1844 John S iewers Housecontinued

Below: A view of Main Street with the John Siewers

House on the right and the recently restored 1831

Kuehln House on the left.

Left: The back of the house features a full porch,

overlooking a spacious back yard, perfect for

entertaining and family events.


On January 11, 1952 a van from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts arrived in Winston-Salem,

North Carolina. Its driver had with him a list of thirteen objects selected by Helen Comstock of

The Magazine ANTIQUES and her regional representative in North Carolina, a young man named

Frank L. Horton.

Ten days later, the exhibit “Furniture of the Old South: 1640–1820,” almost always referred to today

as “the 1952 show,” opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond. The result

of a partnership between the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, The Magazine ANTIQUES, and

the VMFA, the exhibit grew out of a comment made by Winterthur’s first curator, Joseph Downs,

at the 1949 Williamsburg Antiques Forum. Downs made the consequential statement that “little of

artistic merit was made south of Baltimore.” The exhibit proved conclusively that Downs’s percep-

tion was incorrect. The exhibit also laid the groundwork for what would become the Museum of Early

Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA).

Winston-Salem in the 1950s was home to several pioneering collectors of southern decorative arts,

including Frank Horton and Ralph P. Hanes. The importance and breadth of their collections were

Years Later:by daniel Kurt ackermann

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An image from the 1952 show.


significant. In fact, Winston-Salem’s collectors provided more objects to the 1952 show than any other city

with the exception of those from Richmond and Charleston, South Carolina.

As Helen Comstock’s regional representative for North Carolina, Frank Horton was responsible for

identifying important southern objects for the exhibit. Horton led Comstock to the collection in the

house on Reynolda Road that he shared with his mother, an important collector herself; to the collec-

tions of the Wachovia Historical Society and Salem College in Old Salem, where he was working on

the nascent restoration effort; and to the collections of Ralph P. Hanes and his son R. Philip Hanes, Jr.,

among others.

Ralph P. Hanes began collecting antiques in the 1920s, choosing southern objects instead of the New

England and Mid-Atlantic antiques favored by many of his contemporaries. Hanes and his wife Dewitt

Chatham Hanes were style-setters and inspired a generation of col-

lectors in and around the South. In the late 1920s, Dewitt Hanes’s

mother Martha Thurmond Chatham moved a circa 1830 plantation

house from South Carolina to the family’s Winston-Salem estate to

serve as an appropriate home for herself and her growing collection.

Frank Horton’s experiences with the 1952 show in Richmond laid

the groundwork for MESDA, which he and his mother, Theo L.

Taliaferro, would found in 1965. When the van left for Richmond on

January 11, Frank’s mother fretted about the missing pieces of her

décor, writing in her diary that, “It took an hour to get the house

looking decent. But I like it better now, especially Frank’s den.” It

was a feeling that many of the South’s earliest collectors came to

know well in the years to come as Frank Horton encouraged them to

donate their most prized antiques to MESDA. Today, two dozen of

those seminal objects exhibited in Richmond in 1952 are part of the

collection of MESDA and Old Salem.

“Furniture of the Old South: 1640-1820” was on exhibit for just

over a month; but its importance to the study of southern decorative

arts continues to this day. The show inspired a generation of collec-

tors and scholars to look to the South. Two decades after the exhibit,

MESDA launched its celebrated research program. Just as Helen

Comstock had enlisted field representatives to scour the region, Frank Horton hired field research-

ers to do the same thing, each of them with camera and notebook in hand. Frank’s research program

continues, and to date the MESDA Object Database contains more than 20,000 records of furniture,

paintings, metalworks, ceramics, textiles, and other decorative arts made in the early South.

Alice Winchester, the editor of The Magazine ANTIQUES in 1952, wrote in her preface to the exhibi-

tion catalog that Helen Comstock had discovered, “in Southern furniture a new field of unsuspected

richness, and laid the foundations on which all future students of the subject must build.” Her words

were as true then as they are now, even sixty years later. m

Newspaper clipping of Frank Horton when he pur-

chased the court cupboard in 1947.

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a Selection of furniture Exhibited at the 1952 Show now at meSda

Court Cupboard1660–1680Probably James City, Virginia

White oak, yellow pine, and walnut

HOA: 49-7/8"; WOA: 50"; DOA: 18-7/8"

Gift of Frank L. Horton (acc. 2024.6)

MESDA’s court cupboard is the earliest known example of furniture made in the American South. When Frank Horton acquired it in 1947, a local newspaper ran a picture of Frank and the cupboard with the headline “Rare Cupboard is Rescued From Meat Storage Duty.” Frank called the cupboard “a museum piece if there ever was one.” The cupboard went on exhibit at MESDA when the museum opened in 1965 and has been on exhibit ever since.

Desk and Bookcase1720–1735Northeastern North Carolina

Walnut, yellow pine, cypress, red oak, and poplar

HOA: 81-1/2"; WOA: 40-1/8"; DOA: 33-5/8"

Gift of Theo L. Taliaferro (acc. 2023.2)

Discovered in eastern North Carolina, this desk and bookcase is the earliest example of the form known in the South. Frank Horton’s mother, Theo L. Taliaferro, purchased it from a dealer in South Hill, Virginia in the 1940s. When MESDA opened in 1965 it was placed on loan to the museum and was dontated to the collection in 1971.

Gift of Frank L. Horton (acc. 2024.6),

a local newspaper ran a picture of Frank and the cupboard with the headline “Rare Cupboard is Rescued From Meat Storage Duty.” Frank called the cupboard “a museum piece if there ever was one.” The cupboard went on exhibit at MESDA

and has been on

F u R n i t u R e o F t H e o l d S o u t H

The court cupboard’s loan tag from the 1952 show.


Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes found this chest on chest (also known as a double chest) in Charleston, South Carolina in the 1930s. According to a scrapbook kept by Mrs. Hanes, the piece was acquired from “Mrs. Brux who had one son” and lived “on the wrong side of the Battery.” It was donated to MESDA in 1962, making it one of the earliest gifts to the museum.

These two objects are the most recent additions to MESDA’s collection from the 1952 show, given to the museum in the summer of 2010 by R. Philip Hanes, Jr. In 1952, both of the chests of drawers were in the collection of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Hanes, Jr., at Chatham House, the circa 1830 Upcountry South Carolina plantation building moved to Winston-Salem by Mrs. Hanes’s mother, Martha Thurmond Chatham. They remained at Chatham House until they were given to MESDA.

Chest on Chest1765–1775

Charleston, South Carolina

Mahogany and cypress

HOA: 78"; WOA: 46-1/2"; DOA: 25-1/8"

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph P. Hanes (acc. 946)

Chest of Drawers and Miniature Chest of

DrawersPossibly by Amos

Alexander (1769–1847)

1790–1800Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Walnut, light-wood inlay, and yellow pine

HOA: 54-5/8"; WOA: 32"; DOA: 19-1/4"

Gift of Charlotte and R. Philip Hanes, Jr. in honor of

Thomas A. Gray and his multiple contributions to MESDA and

Old Salem (acc. 5594.1-2)

Years Later:

These two objects are the most recent additions to MESDA’s collection from the the museum in the summer of Hanes, Jr. In were in the collection of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Phillip Hanes, Jr., at Chatham House, the circa 1830building moved to Winston-Salem by Mrs. Hanes’s mother, Martha Thurmond Chatham. They remained at Chatham House until they were given to MESDA.

Chest of Drawers and Miniature Chest of

DrawersPossibly by Amos

Alexander (1769–1847)

1790–1800Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Walnut, light-wood inlay, and yellow pine

54-5/8"; WOA: 32";DOA: 19-1/4"

Gift of Charlotte and R. Philip Hanes, Jr. in honor of

Thomas A. Gray and his multiple contributions to MESDA and

Old Salem (acc. 5594.1-2)


The Wachovia Historical Society has been collecting important objects for more than a century. Its collection includes many of the most iconic objects made by the Moravians in Piedmont North Carolina and the society was vital to the initiatives to restore the town of Salem. Old Salem Museums & Gardens was a direct result of those efforts and the museum now administers the collection of the Wachovia Historical Society. This corner cupboard was made by some of the first Moravian craftsmen in North Carolina for Adam Spach. An important ally for the recently arrived Moravians, Spach lived in what is now Davidson County, about ten miles from the Moravian settlement at Bethabara. The cupboard spent more than a century in Spach’s house before becoming part of the Wachovia Historical Society collection. One of the earliest examples of furniture made by the Moravians in North Carolina, the corner cupboard traveled to Richmond to be exhibited at the 1952 show. Today, it can be seen in the Salem Tavern, where it represents the kinds of goods that Moravian craftsmen of Salem and Bethabara produced.

Corner Cupboard1760–1775

Bethabara or Salem, North CarolinaYellow pine and paint

HOA: 82-5/8"; DOA: 33"

Wachovia Historical Society (acc. C-432)

An image from the 1952 show.

The library bookcase on the right

was later purchased by Frank

Horton and his mother and

given to MESDA.

Daniel Kurt Ackermann

is Associate Curator of

MESDA at Old Salem

Museums & Gardens.


As a museum founded by a collector, MESDA has

always appreciated the passion and enthusiasm

of the collecting community. We are especially

grateful to one of the South’s greatest

regional collectors, Mary Jo Case of

Kingsport, Tennessee. In an incredibly

generous gift/purchase agreement,

Mary Jo has aided MESDA in acquiring

five outstanding examples of East

Tennessee furniture for the collection.

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s a museum founded by a collector, MESDA has

always appreciated the passion and enthusiasm

of the collecting community. We are especially

grateful to one of the South’s greatest

regional collectors, Mary Jo Case of

Kingsport, Tennessee. In an incredibly

generous gift/purchase agreement,

Mary Jo has aided MESDA in acquiring

Tennessee furniture for the collection.

Jackson Press1830–1840

Jefferson County, Tennessee

Cherry, cherry veneer, and tulip poplar

HOA: 91", WOA: 41-1/2", DOA: 20"

MESDA Purchase Fund (Acc. 5660.1)

Part of a small group of furniture with histories of descent in the counties just north and east of Knoxville, this Jackson press descended in the Trobaugh family of Jefferson County. Two larger press forms and two clock cases can be attributed to the same unknown cabinetmaker that made this press. The use of cherry veneers on the rails and stiles of the paneled case ends, and the framed top construction of the lower section, suggest the maker’s exposure to urban craft traditions in cities such as Knoxville. The scrolled pediment with a flame-twist finial and delicately carved rosettes is particularly successful and serves as a marker for associating it with clock cases from the same shop.

Tennessee furniture from the Collection of Mary Jo Case

by robert a. Leath


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Chest of DrawersAttributed to George Wolford (1768–1840)1790–1810Sullivan County, Tennessee or Shenandoah County, Virginia

Cherry and yellow pine

HOA: 42-1/2", WOA: 40", DOA: 21-1/2"


With a long history of descent in the Droke family of Sullivan County, Tennessee, this early chest of drawers features fluted quarter columns over gadrooning at the front case corners. The chest has survived in remarkable condition considering its relatively early date of manufacture, including its original finish. Stylistic associations with the Shenandoah Valley suggest that its maker was George Wolford, a close neighbor and associate of the Drokes who moved to Sullivan County from the town of Woodstock in Shenandoah County, Virginia in the early nineteenth century. A nephew of the Shenandoah County potter Frederick Wolford, George apprenticed with carpenter and joiner George Clower in the 1780s

The simplicity of this table, containing only a single drawer and displaying finely tapered legs,

could easily cause one to pass it by in a darkened room, but it is a rare and bright star with its use of highly figured walnut on all exterior surfaces. The cabinetmaker’s carefully selected material is striking under proper lighting and mimics the creatively painted surfaces of contemporary examples more commonly associated with New England. The liveliness of the walnut’s graining elevates this simple utilitarian object to sculptural status. Significant for future research on this table, the highly figured walnut lumber appears on a small number of case pieces with origins in upper East Tennessee.

Work Table1820–1830East Tennessee

Figured walnut and tulip poplar

HOA: 29", WOA: 27", DOA: 23"


Tennessee furniture from the Collection of Mary Jo Case

The simplicity of this table, containing only a single drawer and displaying finely tapered legs,

could easily cause one to pass it by in a darkened room, but it is a rare and bright star with its use of highly figured walnut on all exterior surfaces. The cabinetmaker’s carefully selected material is striking under proper lighting and mimics the creatively painted surfaces of contemporary examples more commonly associated with New England. The liveliness of the walnut’s graining elevates this simple utilitarian object to sculptural status. Significant for future research on this table, the highly figured walnut lumber appears on a small number of case pieces with origins in upper East Tennessee.

Chest of DrawersAttributed to George Wolford (1768–1840)1790–1810Sullivan County, Tennessee or Shenandoah County, Virginia

Cherry and yellow pine

HOA: 42-1/2DOA: 21-1/2

MESDA Purchase Fund (Acc.

With a long history of descent in the Droke

this early chest of drawers features fluted quarter columns over gadrooning at the front case corners. The chest has survived

its relatively early date of manufacture,

associations with the Shenandoah Valley suggest that its maker was George Wolford, a close neighbor and associate of the Drokes

the town of Woodstock in Shenandoah County, Virginia in the early nineteenth century. A nephew of the Shenandoah County potter Frederick Wolford, George apprenticed with carpenter and joiner


This walnut sideboard that retains its original surface is significant both in scale and design. Its highly expressive and monumentally shaped gallery evokes stylized wave forms and links it to a number of similar but less exuberant sideboards, or slabs, with long histories in Greene County and Washington County, Tennessee. This particular sideboard descended directly in the family of cabinetmaker Christian Burgner of the Horse Creek community in rural Greene County and has survived without alteration or restoration.

County, Tennessee. This particular sideboard descended directly in the family of cabinetmaker Christian Burgner of the Horse Creek community in rural Greene County and has survived without alteration or restoration.

Corner Cupboard1800–1820

Washington County, Tennessee

Cherry with lightwood inlay and tulip poplar

HOA: 92", WOA: 48", DOA: 29"


Perhaps no decorative motif is more definitively associated with East Tennessee corner cupboards than the so-called “rope and tassel” inlay seen above the doors and down the stiles of this extravagantly inlaid piece. The belt of three drawers ties this cupboard to a plainer, unadorned example from the same shop. Especially intriguing is the evidence for polychromatic shading on all of the inlays which, when restored, will reveal the ambition of the artisan’s original design. This outstanding example of East Tennessee furniture descended in the Murray family of Jonesborough and may be the cupboard listed in the estate inventory of Ephraim Murray (d. 1835), a successful surveyor and planter who moved to Baltimore County, Marlyand to Washington County, Tennessee in the early 1790s.


cupboard to a plainer, unadorned example

original design. This outstanding example of

Murray family of Jonesborough and may be

Baltimore County, Marlyand to Washington

Slab SideboardChristian Burgner (1811–1886)

1840–1860Greene County, Tennessee

Cherry, walnut, and tulip poplar

HOA: 58-1/2", WOA: 68", DOA: 27"


new to t he Co l l e c t i on s Continued

Robert A. Leath is

Chief Curator and Vice

President of Collections

& Research at Old Salem

Museums & Gardens.


There is a lot more “new” going on in Old

Salem than one might expect for a town

founded in 1766. On any given evening, you

may find a group of young adults (and others

who are more “young at heart”) participating in

a hearthside cooking class in the Single Brothers’

Workshop or enjoying drinks outside the

Salem Tavern before a behind-the-scenes tour

of MESDA. They might also be at the museum

playing in a foosball tournament in the Visitor

Center, dining on wood-fired pizzas at the

Horton Museum Center, trick-or-treating dur-

ing Halloween, or Easter egg hunting with other

young families.

These energetic young adults are the New

Benefactors of Old Salem (NBOS), and they

are making Old Salem their “Third Place”—a

gathering point for friends away from home or

work! With more than a hundred members, the

New Benefactors are committed to strengthen-

ing support for Old Salem through a variety of

young-professional and family-oriented events.

They create programs and activities that raise

public awareness for the museum and support

the museum through increasing donations and

visitation.

As a 29-year-old and member of the NBOS

since it’s founding in 2010, my wife, Amy, and

I have loved our involvement in the NBOS, and

our continuing relationship has resulted in com-

pletely new ways for us to experience Old Salem.

The museum has become more than a destina-

tion for our out-of-town guests—we now expe-

rience Old Salem as a regular gathering place

with our contemporaries who may be passionate

about Moravian history, southern furniture,

restoration, gardens, or just having a good time

with great people.

While the NBOS is intended for young pro-

fessionals, the group is open to all ages. Come

experience Old Salem in a new way—we’d love

to have you!

For more information on the New Benefactors,

please contact Frances Beasley, Director of

Development, at (336) 721-7331 or fbeasley@

oldsalem.org.

Photos: (left) New Benefactors gather at the

Horton Center for a social. (top) Members of the

New Benefactors leadership committee.

The New Benefactors of Old Salem

by hayes wauford

New Benefactors of Old Salem, Executive Committee Members

Mr. Michael Cashin

Ms. Krissy D. Cooley

Mrs. Lynn Dwiggins

Ms. Caitlin Folan

Mr. Steven Gallo

Ms. Elizabeth Harrington

Ms. Kara Holden

Mr. Jesse V. Keever

Mr. Tanner G. Robinson

Mrs. Meredith R. Stubbs

Mr. Alexander “Z” Stubbs

Ms. Anna E. Warburton

Mrs. Amy G. Wauford

Mr. Hayes Wauford

Making Old Salem their “Third Place”

new to t he Co l l e c t i on s Continued


friends of old Salem t h e r e i s n o b e t t e r v a l u e . . .

Our family of eight has been blessed to live

in the Winston-Salem area for ten years.

We’ve had a family membership with Friends

of Old Salem for the past nine years and have

enjoyed many rich experiences at the museum.

During that time we’ve homeschooled our

children, ages 5 to 18, and all of us have been

so enriched through the tours of Old Salem’s

museums and the outstanding music programs,

puppet shows, and community functions.

Where else could we have the opportunity

to enjoy music performed on a marvelous, his-

toric, hand-made pipe organ? We treasured the

presentation by two women who survived the

Holocaust, and had the chance to share their

artwork and actually meet them. Through lec-

tures we’ve learned about Abraham Lincoln and

early photography and also participated in a

two-hundred-year-old community celebration of

Independence Day. We’ve attended concerts by

the Celtic music group Puddingstone and seen

a presentation by a beloved children’s folk artist

that included a beautiful slideshow presentation

about soldiers during World War II connect-

ing with one another on Christmas Day. We’ve

heard a large hand-bell choir, learned about

cooking over a fire and making apple cider with

hand-made implements, and enjoyed folk tales

and songs during Christmas time that teach

history, culture, and creativity. The list of our

experiences is long and varied, but every one of

them has been top-notch and memorable.

Our family has made such wonderful memo-

ries at Old Salem because of its rich historical

heritage, and it is where people who are commit-

ted to sharing and enjoying life and history come

together. The museum staff works hard every

day to provide exceptional programs and events.

And, for our one-income family, we are espe-

cially grateful that it all comes with an extremely

reasonable price tag. There is no better value for

a family membership in the nearby area.

We are thankful for Old Salem and wish to

support its continued blossoming in our won-

derful community. m

For more information on becoming a Friend

of Old Salem, please contact Frances Beasley,

Director of Development, at (336) 721-7331 or

[email protected] or visit www.oldsalem.org/

friends-of-salem

our family has made such wonder-ful memories at old Salem because of its rich historical heritage . . . There is no better value for a family membership in the nearby area.

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Frederic William Marshall Society Members as of January 31, 2012

Dr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Adcock, III

Mr. Gary J. Albert

Mr. and Mrs. John A. Allison, IV

Ms. Betsy J. Annese

Drs. Katherine and Tony Atala

Mrs. Louise Austell

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Babcock

Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Baker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Beach

Ms. Peggy Scholley and Mr. Luke C. Beckerdite

Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bell, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Blixt

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Blunk

Mr. Sam L. Booke, Jr.

Mr. Harold J. Bowen, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Bozymski

Mr. Nicholas B. Bragg

Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Brown

Mr. Robert J. Brown

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bryan

Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. Burnett

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Burress, III

Mrs. Stewart T. Butler

Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. Cannon

Mr. William S. Carpenter and Mr. Ruskin K. Cooper

Mr. and Mrs. Austin H. Carr

Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Carter, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Randy Casstevens

Mr. and Mrs. Hobart G. Cawood

Mr. and Mrs. Lee A. Chaden

Mr. and Mrs. W. Kendall Chalk

Mr. and Mrs. F. Hudnall Christopher, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Jeff T. Clark

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Connors

Mr. and Mrs. David L. Cotterill

Mrs. Ann Courtenay

Mr. J. Scott Cramer

Mr. and Mrs. J. Haywood Davis

Mr. and Mrs. C. Wayne Dodson

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Douglas, III

Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Driscoll

Mr. Noel L. Dunn

Mrs. Phyllis H. Dunning

Mrs. Mary M. Eagan

Mr. and Mrs. David C. Eagan

Mrs. Aurelia G. Eller

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander C. Ewing

Ms. Cynthia J. Skaar and Mr. Ernest J. Fackelman

Mr. and Mrs. Victor I. Flow, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan, III

Mr. and Mrs. Lee L. French

Ms. Nella Purrington Fulton

Mr. Paul Fulton, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Furr

Mr. and Mrs. J. Kirk Glenn, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray

Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gray, III

Dr. Caryl J. Guth

Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Hanes, Sr.

Mrs. Helen C. Hanes

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hanes, III

Mr. and Mrs. F. Borden Hanes, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Travis F. Hanes

Dr. and Mrs. Edward G. Hill, Jr.

Ms. Linda A. Hobbs

Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin M. Hough

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hough

Mr. and Mrs. Eric N. Hoyle

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Irvin

Dr. and Mrs. Francis M. James, III

Dr. and Mrs. Richard Janeway

Mrs. Elisabeth Janeway and Dr. David V. Janeway

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher N. Jones

Mr. and Mrs. Henry H. Jordan, II

Mr. and Mrs. Stan Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Kelly, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Keyser

Mr. Linwood R. King, III

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Building a Legacy, helping friendst h e F r e d e r i c W i l l i a m M a r s h a l l S o c i e t y

The Marshall Society was established in 1986 to recognize the

accomplishments of one of Salem’s most historic figures and its founder,

Frederic William Marshall, and acknowledge the commitment of individuals

who make unrestricted, annual, gifts of $1,000 or more to the institution. m


Frederic William Marshall Society Members as of January 31, 2012 (continued)

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Kluttz, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilmour Lake

Ms. Judy Lambeth and Mr. Jerry L. McAfee

Mr. John C. Larson

The Honorable Molly A. Leight

Mr. Curtis G. Leonard and Mr. Wayne Cardwell

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Lewis

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Little

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Livengood

Ms. Adrienne Amos Livengood

Dr. and Mrs. Dan Locklair

Mr. Joseph P. Logan

Mrs. Sara R. Long

Dr. and Mrs. Stephan B. Lowe

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lucas

Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mayville

Dr. and Mrs. William McCall, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. John D. McConnell

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McKinney

Mr. and Mrs. John B. McKinnon

Mr. and Mrs. Dalton L. McMichael, Jr.

Mrs. Martha Fowler McNair

Mr. and Mrs. John G. Medlin, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Millican

Ms. Christine D. Minter-Dowd and Mr. Daniel V. Dowd

Mr. William J. Murgas

Mr. Richard W. Murgas

Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. R. Frank Murphy

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Neely

Mr. and Mrs. T. David Neill

Dr. and Mrs. John J. Nicholaides, III

Count and Countess Christoph Nostitz

Mr. and Mrs. Sam C. Ogburn, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Glenn Orr, Jr.

Dr. Susan E. Pauly and Dr. Stephen H. Dew

Mr. and Mrs. L. Gordon Pfefferkorn, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.

Chancellor Donald J. Reaves and Dr. Deborah R. Reaves

Dr. and Mrs. John W. Reed

Mr. Clay V. Ring, Jr.

Mr. E. Norwood Robinson

Ms. Wynn Tanner and Mr. Michael L. Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Tanner G. Robinson

Mr. R. Gary Rohrer

Mr. Dalton D. Ruffin, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Schindler

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Schwall

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Everette C. Sherrill

Mrs. Kelly Green Sowers and Mr. Jeffrey Sowers

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick P. Spach

Mrs. Ann Lewallen Spencer

Robert Strickland Family Foundation

Dr. Samuel Patrick Stuart

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander B. Stubbs

Dr. and Mrs. Allston J. Stubbs, III

Col. and Mrs. Charles H. Taylor

Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Taylor, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Thomas

Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Thompson

Mr. and Mrs. David G. Townsend

Dr. and Mrs. William W. Truslow

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Turner

Mr. and Mrs. Randall S. Tuttle

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Walter, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. William R. Watson

Mr. and Mrs. S. Hayes Wauford, Jr.

Dr. Catherine A. Rolih and Dr. Richard B. Weinberg

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Weisner

Mr. and Mrs. John C. Whitaker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John W. Willingham

Mr. and Mrs. Jackson D. Wilson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Wilson, III

Mr. William F. Womble, Sr.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Womble, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wroblewski

Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Young

Lifetime Members of the Frederic William Marshall Society

Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Barron

Mr. and Mrs. David E. Doss

Mrs. James A. Gray, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Borden Hanes, Jr.


Mrs. Helen C. Hanes

Mr. Clay V. Ring, Jr.

Dr. Roy E. Truslow

Donors who make unrestricted annual gifts of $1,000 or more are members of the

Frederic William Marshall Society. Frederic William Marshall was the architect behind

the creation of Salem and he helped plan, finance, and build the backcountry town.

Members of the Frederic William Marshall Society receive the Main Benefits Package

and other benefits, including invitations to exclusive programs, events, and unique travel

opportunities. To join, or for more information, call 336-721-7331 or visit OldSalem.org.

You are cordially invited

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The frank L. horton Society


Frank L. Horton Society Members as of January 31, 2012

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Dr. Gloria S. Allen and Mr. Vincent J. Hovanec

Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Anderson

Ms. Martha Ashley

Ms. Sara Lee Barnes

Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Beck

Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. Boone, III

Mrs. Beverly H. Bremer

Mr. Christopher Caracci and Mr. James Boswell

Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Case

Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Comstock

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Connors

Mr. and Mrs. Macklin Cox

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Crabtree, Jr.

Ms. Catherine G. Ebert

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. Evans

Mr. and Mrs. Oscar P. Fitzgerald

Mr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan, III

Dr. and Mrs. Henry F. Frierson, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Marion A. Gee, Jr.

Mrs. Constance P. Godfrey

Mr. W. Ted Gossett

Ms. S. Revelle Gwyn and Dr. Meyer E. Dworsky

Mrs. Mary E. S. Hanahan

Mr. and Mrs. Cleve G. Harris

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Jones

Mrs. Linda Kaufman

Mr. Robert A. Leath

Mr. Leland Little

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lucas

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory May

Mr. Richard I. McHenry

Mr. and Mrs. Michael McNamara

Ms. Christine D. Minter-Dowd and Mr. Daniel V. Dowd

Ms. Betty C. Monkman

Dr. and Mrs. John H. Monroe

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Montag

Mr. and Mrs. C. Tracey Parks

Mr. Elbert H. Parsons, Jr.

Mr. Sumpter T. Priddy, III

Mr. and Mrs. Peter H. Ring

Mr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Ritter, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. David F. Rowe

Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. Sidden

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bland Smith

Ms. Susan U. Stallings

Ms. Kathleen A. Staples and Mr. Joe Ashley

continued on page 30

The frank L. horton Society

B u i l d i n g a C o l l e c t i o n , H e l p i n g F r i e n d s

in 1965, Frank L. Horton, together with his mother Theo Taliaferro, founded

the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). They were passion-

ate about acquiring, conserving, researching and exhibiting important examples

of southern craftsmanship. The Frank L. Horton Society was formed to recognize

Friends of MESDA who make a financial gift of $1,000 or more and who share

Frank Horton’s passion and dedication to the museum. Gifts of $2,500 or more may

be designated to support a specific part of MESDA’s mission.

Frank L. Horton and his mother, Theo L.

Taliaferro, outside their Old Salem home

on Church Street about the time that they

established MESDA.


Frank L. Horton Society Members

as of January 31, 2012 (continued)

Dr. and Mrs. James M. Walter, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Williams

Mr. and Mrs. D. Anderson Williams

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan H. Witherspoon

Dr. and Mrs. David S. Witmer

Lifetime Members, Frank L. Horton Society

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Adams

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Arnette

Mr. and Mrs. Alban K. Barrus

Mrs. Whaley Batson

Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. Caldwell, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr.

Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Comstock

Mr. James Craig

Mrs. Elizabeth W. Crockett

Douglas Battery Company

Mr. and Mrs. James W. Douglas

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Douglas, III

The Honorable and Mrs. Robert W. Duemling

Mr. Edward Durell

Mrs. Jean Ebert

Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Gray

Mr. C. Boyden Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gray, Jr.

Mr. Thomas A. Gray

Mr. and Mrs. William L. Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay C. Grigsby

James G. Hanes Memorial Fund

Mrs. Judith E. Hanes

Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge C. Hanes


Mrs. Helen C. Hanes

Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hanes, III

Mr. and Mrs. Cleve G. Harris

Mrs. Lola H. Harris

Mr. Robert B. Hicks, III

Mrs. Miles C. Horton, Jr.

Dr. and Mr. Lucia R. Karnes

Kaufman Americana Foundation

Mrs. Linda Kaufman

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Liggett, III

Mr. and Mrs. George E. London

Mrs. Barbara Mason

Ms. Anne McPherson

Mr. and Mrs. A. Hewson Michie, Jr.

Count and Countess Christoph Nostitz

Mrs. Mildred W. Paden

Ms. Judy Aanstad and Mr. Bradford L. Rauschenberg

Mrs. Margaret Pollard Rea

Mr. E. Norwood Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. James M. Robinson

Mrs. Jean Rooney Routh

Mrs. Emyl Jenkins Sexton and Mr. Robert Sexton

Mr. Henry Taliaferro

R.T. Vanderbilt Trust

Mr. Edward J. Wannamaker, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. John T. Warmath

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Williams, II

Ms. Rosalind Willis and Mr. Gregory J. Olson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Willis

Donors who make unrestricted annual gifts of $1,000

or more through the Friends of MESDA program are

considered members of the Frank L. Horton Society.

Frank L. Horton was the co-founder of MESDA with

his mother, Theo L. Taliaferro. Members of the Frank

L. Horton Society receive the benefits of Friends of

MESDA, including invitations to exclusive programs,

events, and unique travel opportunities. Frank L. Horton


On the 4th of July, come to Salem Square in Old Salem

and celebrate with dozens of people from a number of

different countries who will become new American citizens during an offi-

cial Naturalization Ceremony. The ceremony, conducted by the

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services staff, will take place on the same

spot where the first official July 4th celebration in the United States took

place in Salem in 1783. This will be the second year that Old Salem has

hosted a Naturalization Ceremony.

The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. with celebratory music, the Pledge

of Allegiance, and speeches by several dignitaries, including a keynote

address. Perhaps the most moving and inspiring part of the event will

be the administration of the Oath of Allegiance and the presentation of

certificates to the new citizens.

Admission to the Naturalization Ceremony is free. For more information,

please check our website, www.oldsalem.org, or call (336) 721-7350.

Celebrate Freedom

Welcoming new american Citizens

n a t u r a l i z a t i o n C e r e m o n y ★ July 4, 2012, 10 a.m.

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plantinG learn how to encourage beneficials, foil pests, and grow a delicious and beautiful garden. 12— 1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

5 Saturday Wooden rake muSeum ClaSS

make a traditional wooden garden rake like those used in Salem. 9 a.m.— 4:30 p.m. $95 or $85 for Friends of old Salem. registration required, call 1-800-441-5305.

9 Wednesday preServation month lunCh &

learn: the WaChovia landSCape as part of national historic preservation month, lecture entitled “Wachovia landscape,” presented by dr. mo hartley, director of archaeology, oSm&G. 12 to 1 p.m. Free (bring lunch). James a. Gray, Jr. auditorium, old Salem visitor Center.

10 thursday Garden WorkShop: preSSed

FloWer & Shell CraFt utilize your creativity with natural materials to design and fabricate a mother’s day gift. 12– 1 p.m. (bring lunch). $6 fee for materials. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

10 thursday hearth CookinG ClaSS: man doeS not live By Bread alone enjoy an evening of hearth cooking. Bake bread and churn fresh butter. make a vegetarian dumpling dish called “Green Frogs in a Broth.” 6—8 p.m. $40 or $36 for Friends of Salem. Single Brothers’ Workshop. registration required, call 1-800-441-5305.

10 thursday Slip trail pottery ClaSS Join old Salem’s master potter, mike Fox, to decorate two slip trailed plates. Slip trailing was used to decorate many types of moravian pottery. 6–9 p.m. $35 or $30 for Friends of Salem. Single Brothers’ Workshop. registration required, call 1-800-441-5305.

12, 19, 26 Saturday FarmerS market: old

Salem’s Cobbleston Farmers market brings fresh, local farm products back into the heart of the city! 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Free. located behind t. Bagge merchant at the corner of West St. and Salt St.

16 Wednesday preServation month lunCh & learn: From St. philipS to happy hill as part of national historic preservation month, lecture entitled “From St. philips to happy hill: the african american landscape of Salem” presented by Cheryl harry, director of african american programs, oSm&G. 12 to 1 p.m. Free (bring lunch). James a. Gray, Jr. auditorium, old Salem visitor Center.

17 thursday Garden WorkShop: heirloom

FloWerS in the modern Garden explore how old plant varieties fit into the concepts of garden design today. 12–1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

19 Saturday SprinG FeStival: CeleBratinG

hiStoriC herBS Celebrate spring with a full-day of fun activities includ-ing garden viewings, hands-on activi-ties, hearth cooking and more!

9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. included in all-in-one ticket, adults/$21; 6-16/$10.

19 Saturday pottery Fair on the Square Second annual pottery fair featuring more than 30 artisans and their wares. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Salem Square. Free

24 thursday Garden WorkShop: heirloom tomatoeS learn about heirloom tomatoes, which offer unsurpassed flavor and beauty in a variety of colors and shapes. 12–1 p.m. Free. meet at market Fire house, Walk to Wachovia Gardens. to register, call 336-721-7357.

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Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated. See page 34 for details,call 336-721-7350 or 800-441-5305 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.

26 Saturday the vintaGe: a national

GatherinG oF vintaGe BmWS hundreds of vintage BmWs from all over the country will be displayed in the old Salem historic district. 10 a.m. –4 p.m. old Salem historic district. Free.

30 Wednesday preServation month lunCh & learn: ForSyth County’S aGriCultural heritaGe as part of national historic preservation month, lecture entitled “Forsyth County’s agricultural heritage,” pre-sented by heather Fearnbach, historic preservation Consultant. 12–1 p.m. Free (bring lunch). James a. Gray, Jr. auditorium, old Salem visitor Center

31 thursday Garden WorkShop: GroWinG

pepperS Covers the seed starting, transplanting and harvesting of this native to South america and one of the oldest cultivated crops in the world. 12–1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

J u n e2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Saturday FarmerS market: old Salem’s

Cobbleston Farmers market brings fresh, local farm products back into the heart of the city! 9 a.m.–12 p.m. Free. located behind t. Bagge merchant at the corner of West St. and Salt St.

7 thursday Garden WorkShop: Shade GardeninG explores the many opportunities to create beautiful places where there is little to no direct sun-shine. 12–1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

13 Wedneday Juneteenth lunCheon Celebration of Juneteenth, the country’s longest-running observance of the abolition of slavery. the event will include a guest speaker, ethnic food and a tour of St. philips african moravian Church. $15 if purchased by June 5, $20 after June 5. to register, call 1-800-441-5305.

14 thursday Garden WorkShop: orGaniC peSt ControlS introduces many alterna-tives to conventional herbicides and pesticides. 12–1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

18–29 Monday–Friday Summer apprentiCeShip proGram (Grades 9–11) a two week hands-on experience with the old Salem historic trades staff. apprentices will gain hands-on experience with textiles, flax and wool as well tinsmith-ing, blacksmithing and leatherworking. $250 or $225 for Friends of old Salem. application deadline: may 1. visit oldsalem.org/summer-camps for info and to register.

25–29 Monday–Friday Five yeSterdayS Summer Camp (GradeS 6-8) one-of-a-kind sum-mer learning experience. participants are introduced to textiles, pottery, fireplace cooking, leatherworking, and woodworking. 9 a.m. –12 p.m. $175 or $140 for Friends of Salem. registration deadline: may 11. visit oldsalem.org/summer-camps for registration and information.

25 thursday–Friday, July 20 meSda Summer inStitute the 2011

Summer institute explores the material culture of the Southern Backcountry, with a particular focus on the decora-tive arts of tennessee and kentucky. tuition: $2,000. meSda, Frank l. horton museum Center. visit mesda.org for application and information.

J u l Y 2–20 Monday–Friday Five yeSterdayS Summer Camp

one-of-a-kind summer learning expe-rience. participants are introduced to textiles, pottery, fireplace cooking, leatherworking, and woodworking. Grades 3-5: July 2-6; 9-13 and 16-20. Grades 1-2: July 24-36. 9 a.m.– 12 p.m. 175/$140 Friends of Salem. registration deadline: may 30. visit oldsalem.org/summer-camps for registration and information.

7, 14, 21, 28 Saturday FarmerS market: old Salem’s


4 Wedneday independenCe day CeleBration and naturalization Ceremony enjoy hands-on activities, music, games, food and fun as well as a mov-ing naturalization ceremony at 10 a.m. 9:30 a.m.–4 p.m. included in all-in-one ticket, adults/$21; 6-16/$10.

4, 11, 18, & 25 Wednesdays tannenBerG orGan reCitalS

Free organ recitals at noon. July 4: John Coble; July 11: John pavik; July 18: mary lou kapp peeples; July 25: William osborne. Free. James a Gray, Jr. auditorium, old Salem visitor Center.

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A u G u S t4 Saturday Garden WorkShop:

introduCtion to BeekeepinG introduction to Beekeeping highlights the basics of this satisfy-ing and productive addi-tion of bees to your garden. 10 a.m. Single Brothers’ Workshop. to register, call 336-721-7357.

4, 11, 18, 25 Saturday FarmerS market: old Salem’s


7, 14 & 21 tuesdayskniFe and Sheath muSeum ClaSS Join us over three evenings as we use pre-made knife blanks to make a simple non-folding knife and leather sheath. 6:00–9:00 p.m. Single Brothers’ Workshop. $180/$160 Friends of Salem. to register, call 336-721-7357.

9 thursday Garden WorkShop: herBal FirSt

aid learn about the gathering of fresh and dried herbs and their preparation for an herbal kit to keep at home or take when traveling. 12:00–1:00 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

9 thursday heath CookinG ClaSS: Summer SavorieS make a summer-inspired

meal at the hearth, including 19th centu-ry “tomata catsup,” 18th century

egg and bacon pie, potato balls and peach cream. 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. Single Brother’s Workshop. $40 or $36 for Friends of Salem. registration required, call 1-800-441-5305.

9 thursday handCut dovetail ClaSS learn how to hand-cut the traditional cabi-netmaker’s joint, the dovetail. 6–9 p.m. Single Brother’s Workshop. $40 or $36 for Friends of Salem. registration required, call 1-800-441-5305.

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aid learn about the gathering of fresh and dried herbs and their preparation for an herbal kit to keep at home or take when traveling. 10:00 a.m. Single Brothers’ Workshop. to register, call 336-721-7357.

23 thursday Garden WorkShop: Seed SavinG

“Seed Saving” instructs in the age-old tradition of saving seeds from your own plants – it’s easy, economical and satisfying 12–1 p.m. (bring lunch). Free. Frank l. horton museum Center. to register, call 336-721-7357.

25 thursday 200th anniverSary oF the War

oF 1812 a day of special activities to commemorate the anniversary, including hands-on activities, demon-strations, music, and more. 9:30 a.m.– 4:30 p.m. included in all-in-one ticket, adults/$21; 6-16/$10.

Pre-registration for programs is requested if indicated.

Call 336-721-7350 or 800-441-5305 or visit www.oldsalem.org for more information.

Group rates are available for holiday events. Call the Group Tour Office Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at 1-800-441-5305, toll free.

Your All-in-one ticket to Salem includes admission to many events. Some events, when noted, require an additional ticket and reservations. For more infor-mation on tickets and pricing, call 336-721-7350.

Hours: old Salem visitor Center is open tuesday–Saturday 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:30-5:00 p.m. exhibit buildings are open tuesday–Saturday 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., except Sunday when they are open 1:00–4:30 p.m. old Salem museums & Gardens is closed on mondays, easter, thanksgiving day, Christmas eve & Christmas day.

the MeSdA Auditorium is located in the Horton Museum Center.

Museum Class Registrations: please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the museum Classes.

Workshop Registrations: please call 800-441-5305 to reserve a place in any of the workshops.

MeSdA Seminar Registrations: please call 336-721-7360.

note: all outdoor programs will be held weather permitting.

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ALL-AMERICANSUMMERMAY 25 – SEPTEMBER 9

june 13 Noon – 2:oo p.m.

JUNETEENTH LUNCHEONCelebrate Juneteenth, the country’s longest-

running observance of the abolition of slavery.

july 4 9:3o a.m. – 4:3o p.m.

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION& NATURALIZATION CEREMONYEnjoy hands-on activities, music, games,

food and fun as well as a movingnaturalization ceremony.

august 25 9:3o a.m. – 4:3o p.m.

200TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE WAR OF 1812

Commemorate the anniversary with a day of special activities, including hands-on activities,

demonstrations, music, and more.

For a full list of events, classes &concerts, visit oldsalem.org

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