Bethania Historic District

Bethania Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Bethania Historic District
nrhp_type =nhld


caption =
nearest_city= Winston-Salem, North Carolina
locmapin = North Carolina
area =500 acres
built =1759 (original) 1750 (increase)
architect= Unknown
architecture= No Style Listed (original) Bungalow/craftsman (increase)
designated= August 07, 2001cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=235545368&ResourceType=District
title=Bethania Historic District |accessdate=2008-02-18|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = May 03, 1976 (original) March 25, 1991 (increase)cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=76001321 (original) 91000346 (increase)

Bethania Historic District is a historic district in North Carolina, and remains a rare example of a Germanic-type linear agricultural village in the United States, a product of intensive historic Moravian community planning and development." The first planned Moravian settlement in Wachovia, North Carolina, Bethania was founded 12 June 1759.

Bethania, North Carolina was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001, and exists as the largest National Historic Landmark district in Forsyth County, North Carolina, spanning across 500 acres.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/76001321.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Bethania Historic District] |32 KB|date=March 1, 2001 |author=Claudia Brown and Mark R. Barnes |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/76001321.pdf "Accompanying 66 or more images, from 1996 and other dates"] |32 KB]

Bethania and its properties are listed in the National Historic Register of Places and in the North Carolina State Historic Register of Places.

References

External links

* [http://www.historicbethania.org/ Visit Historic Bethania, North Carolina's First Planned Moravian Settlement]


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