Old Salem Museums & Gardens Magazine

Old SalemMuseums & Gardens

a biannual magazine for friends and supporters | jan. 2o16

a house for the builders | meet people behind old salem | mesda new galleries

Archaeologist Hartley Leads Dig of a Lifetime

2o15 – 2o16 board of trusteesMs. Christine Minter-Dowd, Chair

Mrs. Ann A. Johnston, Vice Chair

Mr. Hayes Wauford, Jr., Treasurer

Ms. Betsy J. Annese, Secretary

Dr. Anthony Atala

Mr. Nicholas B. Bragg

Mr. Michael Ernst

Mr. Paul Fulton, Jr.

Mr. W. Ted Gossett

Mr. Robert E. Greene

Dr. Edward G. Hill, Jr.

Mr. Henry H. Jordan, II

Ms. Judy Lambeth

Mr. Joseph P. Logan

Mr. William C. Mariner

Mr. James E. Martin

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Mercier

Mrs. Erika Mielke

Mrs. Paulette J. Morant

Count Christoph Nostitz

Ms. Margaret Beck Pritchard

Dr. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.

Mr. Daniel R. Taylor, Jr.

Mr. Ralph Womble

Mr. Philip Zea

ex-officio membersMr. Franklin C. Kane

Ms. Molly A. Leight

Dr. D. E. Lorraine Sterritt

Mr. William T. Wilson, III

senior staffRagan P. FolanPresident & CEO

Anthony SlaterCFO

Frances BeasleyVice President Development

John C. LarsonVice President Restoration

Robert A. LeathVice President Collections & Research

Paula LocklairVice President Education

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Old Salem Museums & Gardens consists of three museums:

The Historic Town of Salem is a restored Moravian congregation town dating back to 1766, with costumed interpreters bringing the late-18th and early-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 historical 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 who lived and worked in Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, from the 17th century to the beginning of the Civil War.

The Gardens of Old Salem consist of award-winning restorations that create a landscape reminiscent of early Salem where utility, practicality, and beauty are united. The gardens are authentically planted with open pollinated heirlooms that have been propagated from the museum’s heritage seed saving program.

From the President

News & Notes from Old Salem

A House for the Builders

Old Salem Lights the Night

Bernard Bailey: Home Grown Landscape-Maintenence Manager Lives by Golden Rule

Christian Rushing: ‘Working at Old SalemIs a Learning Experience’

Bobby James and Jeffrey Sherrill:Sugar Cake Made by These BakersIs ‘Handsome’ and ‘Fluffy’

MESDA 5oth Anniversary Gala Weekend

MESDA New Galleries

New to the Collection

Society Giving Levels

Pillars of Our Community

Calendar of Events

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From our original roots as a Moravian enclave to our modern-day reputation

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year, I’d like to take a moment to express my gratitude for all you have done for our great institution. From the hard work and careful planning of the Moravian settlers back in 1766 who created this amazing town, to the people and organizations who helped restore it and continue to support Old Salem today, I extend a huge and heartfelt thank you for all you have done and continue to do. Last, but certainly not least, I’d also like to thank our hard-working and dedicated staff here in the District, without whose enthusiasm and hard work Old Salem could not exist.

I hope you’ll join us for the celebration in 2016!

Ragan FolanPresident & CEOOld Salem Museums & Gardens

In celebration of this monumental anniversary, there will be a host of activities and programming throughout 2016. We’ll revisit Salem’s first year (1766) in a variety of ways, including a unique, illuminated public art installation on the site of the first building erected in Salem, the Builders’ House (see the article on page 5), as well as a reenactment of the walk from Bethabara to Salem on February 19. We’ll honor important milestones in our 250-year history such as George Washington’s two night visit to Salem in 1793 and the first public 4th of July celebration that took place in 1783.

Look for an exciting event in August 2016 that will draw upon the creativity of contemporary Winston-Salem and share our community’s story in a unique and innovative way. But most importantly, we’ll come together as a community and celebrate Salem’s past as well as how it informs our present and shapes our future.

All that we have to celebrate this year would not be possible without the generous support of our members and donors. As we begin this new

Letter from the President

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Dear Friends,250 years ago this month, the Moravians founded the town of Salem—which makes 2016 an important and exciting year around the District! The anniversary began January 6, which was the day in 1766 when the first tree was felled on the site of what we now call Old Salem. A little over a month later, on February 19, a group of men walked from Bethabara and Bethania to set up residence in Salem, the first step towards establishing this new community.

A new dining option is now open at Old Salem, The Flour Box Tea Room & Café. Located in the lower level of T. Bagge Merchant (the entrance is off of West Street), The Flour Box Tea Room & Cafe is a great new addition to the District. It offers morning coffee and pastries, casual lunch and dinner options, as well as afternoon tea. During the winter, it is open from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It is closed on Sundays and Mondays. Hours may change in different seasons, so double check the hours at oldsalem.org.

The Flour Box Tea Room & Cafe offers coffee and pastries from 9 a.m. until they sell out. They can be eaten in the café or enjoyed on the go. Lunch and light supper options include a variety of delicious soups, salads, and sandwiches (such as smoked turkey with bacon, Swiss cheese, herbed aoli, lettuce and tomato; melted brie, sliced granny smith apple and fig preserves; and fresh chicken salad with diced celery, dried cranberries, pecans, lettuce, and tomato; to name just a few). A children’s menu is also available including hot dogs, grilled cheese, and more. Afternoon Tea options include a selection of gourmet teas as well as scones, pastries, tea sandwiches, and more and is available from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m.

The Flour Box Tea Room and Café is owned and operated by wife and husband team, Milla and Mike Ranieri, who also operate The Flour Box, a bakery at the corner of Marshall Street and Brookstown Avenue.

News & Notes from old salem

Flour Box Tea Room & Café Opens in Old Salem

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Jenny Garwood has been promoted to Curatorial and Administrative Associate. She joined the MESDA guide corps in 2007 and for six years served as a MESDA Guide Coordinator. In January of 2014, she became a Research Associate in the MESDA Research Center. Recognized as an emerging expert in early southern

textiles, Jenny recently lectured at the MESDA Textile Conference at the University of Georgia on an early Georgia sampler in the museum’s collection. In her new role, Jenny will assist the curatorial departments in various aspects of research and administrative operations.

Jane Sutton, who first joined the MESDA guide corps in 1988, is the museum’s new Manager of Museum Interpretation. For the last seven years, Jane has been a MESDA Guide Coordinator. In her new role managing a very talented team of 15 MESDA guides, Jane will oversee all frontline operations in the Frank

L. Horton Museum Center Lobby and supervise the booking of all regular and special MESDA tours throughout the year. In addition to the museum’s 30 study galleries, tours now include the new self-guided Carolyn and Mike McNamara Southern Masterworks and William C. and Susan S. Mariner Southern Ceramics Galleries.

Drew Tonozzi has moved into the role of Manager of Winkler Bakery & Annex Production. Drew has been part of the Maintenance Department for the last four years and is eager to take on this new challenge. He has brought his passion for all things culinary, his love of Old Salem, and an energetic enthusiasm to

this position. Drew’s office is in the Bake Shop at the Distribution Center.

Daniel Ackermann has been promoted to Curator of MESDA Collections. Daniel joined the MESDA curatorial staff as an Associate Curator in the summer of 2007. Over the last eight years, he has distinguished himself nationally as a highly recognized author, lecturer, and specialist in southern decorative

arts. Recently, he completed the course work required for a Ph.D. in Art History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his dissertation, planned for completion in 2017, will focus on the early multi-ethnic, international influences in the trans-Appalachian South.

April Strader Bullin is MESDA’s new Director of Museum Programs. She joined the MESDA guide corps in 2007 and for six years served as a MESDA Guide Coordinator. In 2014, she became Assistant Collections Manager. A graduate of all three MESDA Summer Institutes, April has lectured at

the Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum, and will lecture this spring at MESDA’s own annual Furniture Seminar. In her new role, April will supervise all MESDA educational programs offered throughout the year, and most especially the MESDA Summer Institute operated in partnership with the University of Virginia’s Office of Summer and Special Academic Programs.

Catherine Carlisle is the new Development Officer for MESDA. She came to MESDA from Columbia, South Carolina, where she was a Fine and Decorative Arts Specialist with Charlton Hall Auctions and Galleries. She is a 2014 graduate of the Summer Institute and focused her research on

Alexander Bradford’s portrait of James Batterton. Her research and final presentation resulted in an invitation to speak at the 67th Annual Colonial Williamsburg Antiques Forum. Catherine has an Art History and Communications Studies degree from Queens University, anda Master of Arts in Art History from University of North Carolinaat Charlotte.

New Faces and Familiar Faces in New Places



Sally Gant, who retired in December 2015, began her career at MESDA in March of 1976 and for nearly 40 years has dedicated herself to promoting MESDA and the field of southern decorative arts. She has had an immense impact on the museum and those associated with it. Sally nurtured the careers of a number of leading scholars in the field today through MESDA’s Summer Institute. In addition, she planned, organized, and ran the annual Furniture and Textile Seminars as well as other important events at MESDA.

Sally inspired more than 600 Summer Institute students through her passion for southern decorative arts. As MESDA’s director of Education and Special Programs, she was not only the planner, organizer, hostess, photographer, tech support, and chief clean-up detail; she was also, at times, one of the lecturers.

Among Sally’s many wonderful qualities, is her ability to be cool under pressure. No challenge defeats her. Many at MESDA remember when a bus full of students broke down, followed by no electrical power when everyone arrived at Stratford Hall. Sally coordinated and innovated a perfect end to the day: a beautiful dinner cooked and served outside by



sally gant retires

candlelight. Never ruffled, Sally turned a difficult day into a wonderful memory for all.

In her honor, the MESDA classroom was recently renovated and renamed the Sally Gant MESDA classroom. Our sincere thanks go out to all of the donors who helped make this possible. She also was awarded the President’s Award in May. The President’s Award is given to an Old Salem Museums & Gardens employee in recognition of the recipient’s significant contributions to our mission, goals, and reputation. In Sally’s tenure at the institution, she has been an asset for her knowledge and skill and also for her enthusiasm, calm wisdom, and wise counsel.

Robert Leath Receives Frank L. Horton Award during MESDA’s 5oth Anniversary Gala Weekend

On Saturday, October 24, Robert Leath, Chief Curator and Vice President, Collections & Research, was given the Frank L. Horton Award. Since his arrival at Old Salem, he has helped transform MESDA, recognizing and honoring its renowned past while elevating it to new heights and securing its bright future. Some of his accomplishments include enhancing MESDA’s reputation for scholarship; honing the collection through deaccession and acquisition and expanding the regional diversity of the collection ensuring that Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia are better represented; reaching a virtual audience through the digitization of the Craftsman and Object Databases and conversion of the MESDA Journal into an online publication; developing new tour options to better meet the needs of 21st century visitors; raising $1.1 million dollars to renovate 29 galleries; raising funds for the Library and Research Center; overseeing the creation of McNamara and Mariner Galleries, which now gives MESDA new self-guided galleries covering 3,000 sq. feet; and more.


A House for thebuilders


by michael o. hartley

Jan. 6th, 1766

Monday, a dozen Brethren, partly from

Bethania, partly from Bethabara, took a

wagon and went to the new town site where

in the afternoon they cut down the trees on

the place where the first house was to stand,

singing several stanzas as they worked. Trees

were then felled for the house which should,

when completed, shelter the builders and

other workmen…(Records of the Moravians

in North Carolina, volume 1, page 323)

geoff hughes, field director for the builders’ house dig; mo hartley, old salem’s director of archaeology; and beau lockard, old salem’s colonial dames intern for the summer of 2o15 at the builders’ house site.

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So began the town of Salem, 250 years ago. Its origins are in Wachovia, and the Moravian intention to establish a central town in their 100,000 acre tract. The central town was to be the place for craftsmen and professionals, and to provide the important spiritual leadership.

Lofty goals indeed, and today at the two-and-a-half century mark, we are the beneficiaries of their plans. Impressive structures at Salem Square, wonderful ancient buildings throughout the town…Home Church, Salem College, the Tavern, the beautiful landscape of Old Salem…all of these speak of the vision of those early planners and builders.

Yet, the town of Salem did not suddenly appear full blown in theforest of North Carolina, it was the result of careful planning. Salem had its beginning in a profoundly pragmatic and simple structure, a log cabin to house those who would build the new town. This was the Builders’ House.

Yet, the town of Salem did not suddenly appear full blown in the forest of North Carolina, it was the result of careful planning. Salem had its beginning in a profoundly pragmatic and simple structure, a log cabin to house those who would build the new town. This was the Builders’ House.


On the 19th of February eight single Brethren: Peterson, Praezel, John Schmidt, Barkardt, Steiner, Holder, Rasp, and Zeigler, accompanied by the Brn. Lorenz Bage and Loesch, repaired to the building place and took possession of the above mentioned first little house up the West run, as a temporary dwelling (from Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, volume 7, page 3044).

The importance of the Builders’ House endured into the mid-19th century, when a column in Salem’s newspaper, the People’s Press on Friday, October 30, 1857 reported: We recently paid a visit to the first house in our village, now used as a “Potter Shop” by Mr. Henry Shaffner. The building contains but one apartment, and is roughly but substantially constructed of heavy hewn logs, such as we seldom see in these latter days. The heavy timbers, the large and spacious fire place, in fact all reminds one of ancient times….

The article recalled the February 19th arrival of the Moravian Brothers.On their way they had the good fortune to kill two deer, so that the first fire lit up in that spacious “fire-place,” roasted the savory venison…It is both pleasant and profitable to contemplate the relics of the past, and let our thoughts wander

back to those “old times” when the cheerful blaze lit up those rough walls, reared there in the “forest wilderness” occupied by cheerful and honest men….while they enjoyed their pipes with real fatherland gusto…Long may this old house remain in memory of our forefathers, who came here to worship God according to the dictates of their consciences, and to live a life free from the aggravating restraints of a monarchic government and a legally established church.

The old Builders’ House was taken down in 1907, becoming an archaeological ruin buried beneath soil and sod. From 2000 to 2008, Old Salem’s Department of Archaeology excavated the site, including the pottery shop, kiln, dry-house, warehouse, and well and located the north wall of the Builders’ House. Old Salem had not yet, however, thoroughly looked at the south wall. Because of suggestions on an 18th-century map showing the footprint of this building, we believed the 1766 fireplace and chimney would likely be there.

photo of the builders’ house in the late 19th century. at this time it functioned as a pottery and several additions had been made to the original house.

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That first dinner of venison was prepared on that fireplace hearth in the winter of 1766. Hearths run deep in our cultural memory, and on February 19, 1766, the warmth of the fire and the hot venison supper was surely greatly welcomed…and the location of that hearth is an important touchstone linking the 250th year of Salem to the town’s origins.

This past summer, Old Salem Museums & Gardens returned to the Builders’ House site to look for evidence of the “large and spacious fireplace.” With University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill PhD student of archaeology Geoff Hughes as proposed Fellowship recipient and Mo Hartley as Mentor, a proposal was prepared for Chapel Hill’s highly competitive Richard Bland Fellowship centered on an archaeological exploration to search for the fireplace. Based on the merits of the project, Hughes (already an experienced archaeologist) was awarded the Fellowship. Under Hartley’s supervision, he began work in May as Field Director assisted by Beau Lockard, Old Salem’s Colonial Dames Intern for the summer and volunteer Dana Johnson.

The summer field season was highly revealing. As they carefully excavated five-foot squares laid out over the south wall location, a clearly defined dark rectangular stain of a filled pit in the ground (an archaeological

“feature”) was revealed. This rectangle had been dug during the building’s past and subsequently filled with earth and artifacts…brick, stone, pieces of pottery, roof tiles, charcoal, and other objects, contained in dark soil. This rectangular feature measures seven feet two inches long and two-and-a-half feet wide, not much smaller than the fireplace that still stands in the 1768 kitchen of the Single Brothers’ House. Work on this feature continued into the fall, as Lockard removed fill from the south half of the pit to further define its depth, shape, and its artifact content.

The archaeology has shown that this feature was directly against and in the center of the line of south wall of the building and could certainly be associated with a large fireplace and hearth at the south wall. Historic photographs of the building as a pottery shop without a chimney, indicate that the old hearth and fireplace had been taken down prior to the 1880s.

One of the benefits of research in Old Salem and Wachovia is the copious Moravian archival resource that is available. This archive, written records, maps, and art, combined with archaeology, is frequently the source of surprising revelations. In the course of our archival research, we had seen a number of views of the east, north, and west walls of the Builders’ House, but had not yet found one of the south gable end.

However, as Old Salem continued to study the building into the fall of 2015, Martha Hartley, Director of Research and Outreach for the Restoration Division, discovered a view showing the south end of the house. While studying a 1788 drawing, A View of SALEM in North Carolina, by Ludwig Von Redekin, she noticed a small building on the edge of the picture, peeking out from behind a tree trunk, clearly showing an exterior end chimney. Von Redekin notated the building with a “1”, and his key recorded it as the “first house built here.” This 18th-century painting confirmed the south-wall location of the hearth.

For all involved, and for the broader public, this work has been more than an exercise in archaeology, it has been a search for meaningful connection with the 1766 arrival of the Moravian Brethren to begin to build Salem. On February 19, 2016, a group of Tradesmen from Old Salem will replicate that walk from Bethabara made 250 years ago to the site of the Builders’ House…and perhaps have venison stew upon their arrival.

One of the benefits of research in

Old Salem and Wachovia is the

copious Moravian archival resource

that is available. This archive, written

records, maps, and art, combined

with archaeology, is frequently the

source of surprising revelations. In the

course of our archival research we had

seen a number of views of the east,

north and west walls of the Builders’

House, but had not yet found one of

the south gable end. rendering of the builders’ house by mo hartley


As part of the 250th Anniversary of Salem celebration, Old Salem is presenting an exciting illuminated public art display on the site of the 1766 Builders’ House at the corner of Brookstown Avenue and Old Salem Road. Created by Norman Coates and Jack Miller of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts School of Design and Production, the display will be illuminated from dusk to dawn to commemorate Salem’s 250th birthday.

In light of the archaeological research and activity done in 2015 at the site of the Builders’ House, John Larson, Old Salem’s Vice President–Restoration, wanted to celebrate Salem’s first structure during the 250th anniversary year. However, he wanted its importance to be marked in a 21st century manner. He turned to Norman Coates of the Winston-Salem Light Project and UNC School of the Arts to help make the commemoration relevant to today.

The project will be launched on the evening of February 19, the anniversary of the date that ten Moravian brethren walked from

Salem’s 25oth Anniversary CommitteeA committee of Old Salem Museums & Gardens employees has been working together to plan for the 250th anniversary of Salem, North Carolina. The committee is headed by Scott Carpenter and Ann Johnson. They have been meeting regularly over the last year to develop a calendar of activities involving various areas of Old Salem. In celebration of this monumental anniversary, there will be a host of activities and programming throughout 2016. Salem’s first year (1766) will be re-visited in a variety of ways, including a unique, illuminated public art installation on the site of the first building erected in Salem, the Builders’ House, as well as a reenactment of the walk from Bethabara to Salem on February 19. Other important events in Old Salem’s 250-year history will be celebrated including George Washington’s two night visit to Salem in 1793 and the first public 4th of July celebration that took place in 1783. Look for an exciting event in August 2016 that will draw upon the creativity of contemporary Winston-Salem and share our community’s story in a unique and innovative way! oldsalem.org/250 · Oldsalem.tumblr.com

Bethabara to Salem to set up residence in the Builders’ House. Earlier this same day, a re-creation of the walk will take place beginning at 2 p.m. in Bethabara. At 5 p.m., all are welcome to gather at the site of the Builders’ House for remarks from Old Salem representatives, followed by the official unveiling of this new illuminated structure.

The lighting display will illuminate each night for the rest of 2016 and will occupy the same original space as the Builders’ House, delineating the perimeter and highlighting the hearth. A structure of aluminum poles will outline the original structure, which was 22 feet by 26 feet and approximately 21 feet tall. Painted bright white, the installation will be visible during the day and at night will be illuminated in glowing white light. The hearth, the center of any home, also will be outlined and its floor will be a piece of Plexiglas with LED lighting under it, sending forth a light that will bounce off the rest of the aluminum structure.

Thank you to Duke Energy and the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County for sponsoring this project.

old salem Lights the Night


bernard bailey‘Home Grown’ Landscape-Maintenance

Manager Lives by Golden Rule

Whether he’s driving the leaf-vacuum truck, riding a lawn mower, or picking up trash around thehistoric district, Landscape-Maintenance Manager Bernard Bailey keeps a positive attitude andloves “being outside all the time, enjoying the weather.”

Bailey, who has worked at Old Salem almost a decade, is one of the key people on staff who keepsthe landscapes and hardscapes beautiful for visitors, staff, and residents. “We mow about 80 acres ofgrass, give or take,” he said in an interview. “We do a little bit of everything, dealing with the grounds: mowing, trimming trees and bushes, getting up the leaves during the leaf season. And, of course, we tryto keep the leaves for compost.”

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“I treat other people the way that I want to be treated; it’s the Golden Rule of my life!”

Working outdoors, Bailey gets to experience the four seasons. This time of year, he keeps an eye on weather forecasts. Snow and ice accumulations on sidewalks and steps can lead to slips and falls for staff and visitors.

“It snowed last winter, for the first time in a few years,” said Bailey, “and last winter was one of the coldest we’ve had since I’ve been here. When it snowed, we did not have to be outside long, just enough to clear the sidewalks and let Mother Nature do her job. Once we put salt down, the snow melts a little on the bottom, then we come back with power brushes, and it brushes right off. The brushes really help with the uneven sidewalks.”

Bailey and his staff also empty trash cans and pick up litter around the district and the outskirts. “We try to stay above it,” he said. “John Larson (Vice President of Restoration) has a pet peeve about litter, and I have it with him. I hate to see trash all over the place, so we try to stay above it.”

Bailey enjoys interacting with visitors. They usually ask him for directions, or where to get something to eat. Last fall, a senior who was getting tired of walking asked him if he would drive her on his golf cart from Salem Square to Winkler Bakery. He told the woman that he was not supposed to do that, but he would drive her that short distance. Bailey said his sense of caring and helping others is a driving force in his life.

“If I see somebody who needs some help, if I can help them, I will help them,” he said. “We have some hills here, and when that guest approached me, I thought about my mom, who is up in age and has trouble getting around sometimes. I treat other people the way that I want to be treated; it’s the Golden Rule of my life!”

Old Salem has special significance for Bailey because it’s where he met his wife, Carolyn, a member of the housekeeping staff. For about two years, he said he never spoke to her much during the work day.

“But then, one day, we just got to talking,” Bailey recalls. “In our conversations, one of the things I noticed about her is that she is very willing to help people out. She’s also very focused on her job and does not chit-chat much. So, I told her, ‘I thought you were probably one of the meanest people around, but I know you’re not.’ She’s actually a very sweet and humble person.”

They were married almost two years ago.

Bailey said it’s convenient to have his wife working on the same property. For example, they ride to work together sometimes. “It works out perfectly,” he said. “We see each other during the day, but we don’t. She has her things that she does, and I’ve got mine.”

Although he enjoys working outdoors, Bailey doesn’t miss many opportunities to cook. A few years ago, he did a fish fry for an event at the St. Philips Heritage Center at Old Salem. (He usually fries whitefish and tilapia.) He also has done a fish fry for his sister’s wedding and catering for some of her friends.

“I like cooking,” Bailey said. “My momma taught me to cook. She was a good cook. I kind of started young. And I like to eat!”

When he was 16, Bailey said he landed his first job at a restaurant, washing

dishes. Over the years, he also has worked as a breakfast cook at a local hospital, cooked at a nursing home, and was a prep and grill cook at Bermuda Run Country Club. He also has worked at a grocery store. Today, he said he only cooks “once in a while.”

Some of Bailey’s coworkers may not know that he’s also interested in music. “Growing up, I played drums at school,” he said. “I’ve always had an interest in instruments. I play bass guitar at church. I felt like I was good enough to play in front of somebody, and it just happened to be at church.”

Bailey, who was growing a short beard when he was interviewed for this story, says he grew up in Winston-Salem and graduated from East Forsyth High School. “I’m home grown!” he said, with a laugh.

“I plan to retire from Old Salem. I’m looking at (working) another 10 or 15 years.”

christian rushing‘Working at Old Salem

Is a Learning Experience’


The sound of little feet walking on the stone floor of the Tavern Museum cellar—and excited voices on a school field trip—alerted interpreter Christian Rushing that a new group of visitors was about to enter the hearth kitchen.

“Welcome to the Tavern kitchen,” she said, as the students from a Catholic school in Apex, North Carolina, entered the room. The group, all wearing burgundy polo shirts, gathered around a harvest table, as a crackling fire burned in the hearth on a sunny October afternoon.

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“This is where all of the meals were prepared for the Tavern guests,” Rushing explained. “One woman did all of the cooking. When food was ready to be served, they would take it out the side door and through the back door and up the steps to the dining room. Guests would serve themselves, family style.”

Rushing, who has worked in Old Salem’s Living History department for almost a decade, then discussed how the Moravians in Salem used various spices to season their food. She had examples of spices on the table, perfect for a Salem “show and tell.”

“Nutmeg was arguably the most popular spice in the 18th century,” she said. “Part of its covering, mace, is also used as a spice.” One of her main points was the fact that the Moravians used many of the same spices that people today use, but in different combinations. And sometimes, she pointed out, 21st-century tastes do not mesh with 18th-century tastes. “Martha Washington had a receipt (recipe) for cookies that had black pepper in them,” noted Rushing. “We would find that quite unusual today!


“On busy days, I’ve learned both in personal and professional life, the more frazzled you are, the worse things go! I think maintaining an even keel, remaining calm, and knowing when to take that deep breath is very important to ensure a successful day, for yourself and the guests.”

“And how many of you like licorice?” she asked, grabbing a jar of anise seeds from the table. Several hands went into the air. “Most of today’s licorice is flavored with anise.”

She closed the discussion of spices by showing the students a jar of juniper berries, used for seasoning game meat, and a jar of what was known as “kitchen pepper,” a combination of salt, pepper, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves, used to season meat dishes and vegetables. She offered the guests a smell of rose water and orange blossom water, used to flavor desserts.

Rushing’s interpretive work is not limited to discussions of cinnamon and pepper. She and the other interpreters are trained to work in other exhibit buildings, too. This interpreter, who earned a history degree from North Carolina State University, also works in the John Vogler House (wearing a 19th-century costume), and she used to work in the Doctor’s House.

In between visitors, Rushing sat in a black Windsor chair in the kitchen and talked about her job. She wore a white Moravian Haube on her head, tied at the chin with a blue ribbon, and a brown-plaid apron tied around her waist. Her voice is calm, and she uses her hands to emphasize points. But she admits that she’s not always so laid back.

“In the public eye, yes, I am laid back,” she said. “But behind the scenes, I can get kind of frazzled, at home and work. If things are particularly hectic, as they have been for the past month or so, I get on the highway, and I have to stop and think where I’m supposed to go.

“The guests are important here,” she continued. “On busy days, I’ve learned both in personal and professional life, the more frazzled you are, the worse things go! I think maintaining an even keel, remaining calm, and knowing when to take that deep breath is very important to ensure a successful day, for yourself and the guests.”

This former nanny says her parents and an unnamed interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg instilled a love of history in her. Asked about the most satisfying part of her job, she said it is the daily interaction with guests, especially children. In her words, “Children are great to work with because they can’t always comprehend a world without video games, electricity, or even McDonald’s. It’s great to see them come in and be in awe of their surroundings and realize that life was very, very different in Salem. I like to see the light bulbs go on when they connect history to modern day. I fully believe you can’t know where you are going until you know where you’ve been.”

Last February, despite double-ear and upper-respiratory infections, Rushing was hired as an extra in a TV commercial that was filmed in Old Salem. And in past years, she has led the Legends and Lanterns Tours at Halloween and served refreshments to guests at the end of the Christmas Candlelight Tours. It’s this job variety, and the opportunity to do research, that keeps her at Old Salem.

“I never know what I’m going to learn each day,” she said. “Working here is a learning experience, because even though I might get 50 questions from guests, and 49 of them are the same question, there’s always one person who comes in and asks something I don’t know. Then I go and research the answer for them.”

Some visitors see Rushing demonstrate sewing and embroidery. “With her skill in sewing, Christian has contributed to some of the items that visitors see in our buildings,” said Joanna Roberts, Supervisor of Living History at Old Salem. “She’s also passing these skills on to other interpreters, ensuring that these skills continue into the future.”

Outside of work, Rushing says she is a “big cat lover” and became an aunt for the first time two years ago. “I love seeing my nephew growing up,” she said. “He’s about three hours away. We try to get together as often as we can.”

At Old Salem Museums & Gardens, almost all visitors find their way to 525 South Main Street. Many of them do not rely on a GPS or the painted sign for Winkler Bakery that hangs above the front door to guide them. Instead, they simply walk up the sidewalk and smell the aroma of irresistible, hot sugar cake and rosemary/garlic bread coming out of the brick oven inside.

In this building, now 215 years old, visitors will see two men who are the costumed bakers and interpreters at Winkler Bakery. They are Jeffrey Sherrill and Bobby James, who each have been baking in this popular spot for about 15 years. They come to work early: Bobby at 7 a.m. and Jeffrey 30 minutes later, before Old Salem’s exhibit buildings and retail stores open. These two friendly men split their time between baking and telling visitors the history of Brother Winkler’s early Moravian business. Throughout the year, they are in demand for interviews by dozens of visiting food bloggers, TV reporters, and other journalists. For example, both were filmed by UNC-TV producer Bob Garner for his Foods That Make You Say Mmm-Mmm show last year, and a photo of Sherrill is on the North Carolina DOT’s state travel map.

As visitors enter the bakery, they will find Sherrill and James working in the two rooms on the right. One is the prep room, where they mix the bread and sugar cake dough in two dough boxes. There are no modern, electric lights there; only ambient light from two windows. Aloe plants, a natural treatment for burns, sit in pots in the window sill. The bakers knead dough by hand on wooden work tables and package warm bread and sugar cakes on the same tables after the goods come out of the oven and cool.

Sherrill and James enjoy telling visitors about the process, including how they use a balance scale to weigh dough, just as Christian Winkler did. “We use the scale to ensure that every loaf is exactly the same, so there would be no bickering or arguing about one person getting more, or one less,” explained Sherrill in a recent interview.

“Christian was a gentleman of his word. And I like to tell that to visitors, because that is what made their business so successful.

“Christian’s wife, Elizabeth, taught their children at an early age to respect people at all times, because that was where they were making money,” he continued. “They were faithful to God, faithful to one another, and faithful to the visitor who traveled to do business with them. And in their eyes, there was no one any richer or poorer than anyone else; you were equal in their eyes, as it should be. Elizabeth also stated that she wanted her children to respect people, because if they found good in all people, they were bettering their lives as well.”Sherrill, who used to work at a local linens store, said he applied for a job at the bakery after reading a newspaper ad. Growing up on what locals called the “Mill Hill” in Belmont, North Carolina, he said he had no bakery experience, but he had worked at a café owned by a cousin. “It was a busy little place,” he recalled, “and I made coconut-custard pies.” (His father and an uncle also owned a café.)

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bobby james and jeffrey sherrillSugar Cake Made by These Bakers

Is ‘Handsome’ and ‘Fluffy’

After he was trained to be a baker, Sherrill said his supervisor told him that he “had a knack” for the business. “For me, it wasn’t like work, and it still isn’t, for the most part,” he said.

When he tells visitors about the history of the bakery, Sherrill often weaves anecdotes, humor and stories into his interpretation. He often uses “gosh” and “golly” in his sentences.

His talent as a storyteller was revealed recently when he spoke to a group of school children: “Construction started on this bakery in 1799, but Thomas (Butner, the first operator), he procrastinated, and drew (construction) out, and they had to come up here and have a long talk with him once in a while, to get him motivated,” Sherrill told the group.

“They got on to him because he had boulders and timber out in the middle of the road, and that was not very good at all when they had to tell a business owner to move logs out of the road so people could come through town!”

Both Sherrill and Bobby James share basic information about the historic oven with visitors, such as the fact that 26 pans of sugar cake at a time can be baked in 23-25 minutes. That will yield 104 squares of the tasty treat, made with wheat flour (that has mashed potatoes in it), butter, eggs, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

“My sugar cake, I say, is handsome,” Sherrill said, “I use the word ‘handsome’ today because it’s very fluffy and it’s thicker than what is sold at other places in town. I like the way my sugar cake looks; I’m very proud of it, and people seem to enjoy it.”


“Christian’s wife, Elizabeth, taught their children at an early age to respect people at all times, because that was where they were making money. They were faithful to God, faithful to one another, and faithful to the visitor who traveled to do business with them. And in their eyes, there was no one any richer or poorer than anyone else; you were equal in their eyes, as it should be.”

Bobby James was hired to work at the bakery after he retired from three other jobs. He had worked at Thomas Built Bus Co. in Thomasville, North Carolina, for 29 years; at a medical lab for 18 years; and at a volunteer fire department for 20 years. He had no prior experience as a baker. “Mud cakes, maybe!” he said, with a laugh. After training, though, he picked up the baking trade with little difficulty. Many visitors see this soft spoken man, whose gray hair shows around the edge of his baker’s cap, almost as a grandfather figure.

“I don’t have a problem with that (grandfather comparison) whatsoever,” he said. “If I can make people relax in any way, then I will have done my job.”

James said he likes both the production side of his job and the interaction with visitors. He relates well, he said, to school children and seniors. “When I talk to kids, I look them in the eye and ask them, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ And I like to talk to seniors because I am the (same) age. I can talk the same talk we did back 50 years ago. I try to help people feel at ease when they come in here.”

And people do come in, from all over the United States—and countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and Scotland. Some of them, James said, have invited him to visit them. He’s also spoken to a few celebrity shoppers, such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Dr. Maya Angelou. After they tell visitors about the bakery, Sherrill and James usually offer them a Moravian ginger cookie. The bakers reach into a plastic bag, filled with the thin treats, and give each person a sample.

“I tell visitors today, if you came to this bakery over 200 years ago and asked to buy a sack of cookies, the Winklers would have looked at you so strangely!” Sherrill said. “They would have not known what you were talking about because they called a cookie a spice cake.

“Today, we give people a ginger cookie and they usually like it because it reminds them of past times, maybe when they visited Old Salem 30 years ago on a school field trip,” Sherrill said, “and that’s always good.”


MESDA celebrated its 50th anniversary with a fun and festive Gala WeekendOctober 23 and 24. It was also a great opportunity to celebrate the completion

of 29 renovated galleries as well as two self-guided galleries.

mesda 5oth anniversary Gala Weekend

The weekend began on Friday, October 23 with a ribbon cutting for the two new self-guided galleries: the William C. and Susan S. Mariner Southern Ceramics Gallery and the Carolyn and Mike McNamara Southern Masterworks Gallery.

That evening, guestskicked-back and enjoyed BBQ, Bourbon & Bluegrass in the Horton Meadow.


The next day, Saturday, October 24, attendees spent the day at a Lecture and Luncheon series celebrating 50 Years of MESDA.Special guests spoke about MESDA’s founding and the impact of the museum’s research programs, Summer Institute,

collections, and publications on the field of southern decorative arts and material culture studies.

That evening guests gathered at the Graylyn Estate for dinner and a spirited live auction. In addition to a lovely evening, auction proceeds from that evening went towards the creation of a brand new permanent endowment for the MESDA Summer Institute.

The auction and the weekend’s other events raised more than $250,000 for the endowment, funds that will ensure thatthe Institute continues to educate and inspire the next generation of Southern decorative arts scholars.


MESDA’s New Self-Guided GalleriesOn October 23, MESDA officially opened two new self-guided galleries: The Carolyn and Mike McNamara Southern Masterworks Galleryand the William C. and Susan S. Mariner Southern Ceramics Gallery. These two new galleries provide a rich introduction to MESDA and make the museum more accessible to more visitors.

The new galleries are filled with masterworks from not only the MESDA and Old Salem Collections, but also objects from the William C. andSusan S. Mariner collection of southern ceramics. Nowhere will visitors find a more complete introduction to the rich material culture of the early American South.

MESDA’s new self-guided galleries give visitors to Old Salem a chance to view the museum’s extraordinary collections at their own pace. If something catches their eye, they can look up detailed information about the objects on iPads, and talk with guides stationed in the galleries. The new galleries are also more accessible for families with small children. And of course, for those that find themselves anxious to see more after touring the self-guided galleries, one-hour and two-hour tours of the study galleries are available.


Figure 2

parlor architectureNelson County, Virginia

1780-1800

Gift of Anna Marie and David Witmer

Figure 3

samplerCatherine Cleaver (b. 1811)

Valley Town Mission School, Cherokee Nation

1823

Silk on linen

Gift of Anna Marieand David Witmer

When MESDA Advisory Board member Barry Sidden found this diminutive sampler (Figure 1) at an auction in 2014, he knew it belonged in the Old Salem collection. Dated 1819 and Signed “EL” and

“Eliz,” it has a history in the Leinbach family of Salem, North Carolina. Given its small size and economy of ornament, it may represent young Elizabeth’s first attempt at needlework.

Built for members of the Pendleton and Cabell families in Nelson County, Virginia, in the 1790s, this parlor (Figure 2) represents the first addition to MESDA’s architectural collection in more than two decades.

Figure 1

samplerProbably Elizabeth Leinbach

Salem, North Carolina

1819

Silk on linen

Gift of Barry and Sybille Sidden

New to the Collection

The architecture was installed in the new Anna Marie Witmer Southern Needlework Gallery where it provides a dramatic backdrop for The MESDA and Witmer needlework collections. In addition to creating the new gallery, Anna Marie and David Witmer also have given a number of important southern needleworks from their private collection. Twelve-year-old Catherine Cleaver worked this sampler (Figure 3) at the Valley Town Mission School in what is now Cherokee County, North Carolina. Catherine was the daughter of Baptist missionaries Rachel and Isaac Cleaver. MESDA’s collection also

Figure 5

beakersJames Duffel (1759/61 – 1835)

Lynchburg, Virginia

1815 – 1825

Gift of Anna Marie andDavid Witmer in honor

of Robert Leath


Figure 4

two-handled jugLucius Jordan (1816 – 1880)

Washington County, Georgia

1850 – 1860

Alkaline-glazed stoneware

Gift of Sally Hawkins

Recent Gifts to the MESDAand Old Salem Collections

includes the only known surviving sampler stitched by a Cherokee girl attending the school. Both samplers are now on view in the Anna Marie Witmer Southern Needlework Gallery.

Signed “LJ,” this two-handled jug (Figure 4) is the work of Washington County, Georgia, potter Lucius Jordan. Jordan probably learned his trade from the potters Abraham Massey and Cyrus Cogburn, both of whom emigrated from the Edgefield District of South Carolina. The Edgefield influence is reflected in the shape of this two-handled jug. New research by Robert Leath suggests that Jordan was quite possibly a free black craftsman, identified as a “free man of color” in early Georgia tax records.

The silversmith James Duffel led a peripatetic life (Figure 5). He was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed as a silversmith in Alexandria, Virginia. Following his apprenticeship, he returned to Philadelphia where Robert Fulton, the inventor of the steamship, was among his apprentices. Duffel left Philadelphia, first for Georgetown, South Carolina, then for New York City. By 1801, he had moved to Virginia, settling first in Fredericksburg and then in Lynchburg, where these elegant beakers with gold-washed rims and interiors were made.


Figure 7

side chairSouth Union, Kentucky

1830 –1840

Maple and hickory

Gift of Andy Anderson

Figure 6

portrait ofa bouché

family memberBouché (active 1794 – 1801)

Maryland

1794 – 1800

Oil on canvas

Gift of Robert Gallup Shannahan

The artist Bouché—his first name remains a mystery—was probably a refugee of the French Revolution. In 1795, “Messrs. Bouche & De Valdenuit” advertised the establishment of a drawing school in Baltimore. This portrait (Figure 6), discovered at a Maryland auction, depicts a middle-aged women seated next to an urn inscribed “H Bouch.” Who was “H Bouch”? Could it be the child depicted in the portrait miniature held by the sitter? Could the sitter be the child’s mother? Might this be a portrait of a member of Bouche’s own family? Further research on this newly discovered portrait promises to reveal much about the mysterious Bouché from whom only a handful of surviving portraits on canvas, paper, and ivory are known.

This elegantly simple and practical chair (Figure 7) was made atthe South Union Shaker community in Kentucky. This chair is most notable for the survival of its original seat. Unlike most Shaker communities who used woven tape for chair seats, South Union’s Shakers sometimes used split oak or river cane. The seat of this chair is river cane woven in a pattern reminiscent of Cherokee basketry. South Union had several Cherokee members in the 19th century, one of whom may have been responsible for weaving this seat.


Figure 8

A New Voyageto Carolina…

John Lawson (d. 1711)

London

1709

Gift of Thomas A. Grayin honor of Thomas Kenan III

Figure 9

quiltE. C. Deckel

Baltimore, Maryland

1848

Cotton

Gift of Bridget and Al Ritter

John Lawson’s account (Figure 8) of his thousand-mile trek through the interior of North and South Carolina is one of nearly two-dozen volumes on early Southern history recently given to the Thomas A. Gray Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Lawson’s work is one of the earliest and most important natural histories of the South. It includes descriptions of native fauna, including the possum, which Lawson writes,

“is the Wonder of all the Land-Animals… if a Cat has nine Lives, this Creature surely has nineteen.”

This Baltimore album quilt (Figure 9) is inscribed “E. C. Deckel, April 6, 1848,” and also includes the name Freeburger signed in ink, along with other initials stitched on individual squares indicating multiple makers. Among the quilt’s motifs are several that are specific to the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows. The Odd Fellows was founded in London, and its first American Lodge was established in Baltimore in 1819. Members of the Freeburger family were associated with the Odd Fellows.


Frederic William Marshall SocietyDonors who make unrestricted annual gifts of $1,000 or more are members of the Frederic William Marshall Society. In 1763, Frederic William Marshall began overseeing the planning, financing and building of the new town of Salem. Marshall’s vision for Salem included a town square (Salem Square), one main street, other streets and lots assembled in a grid pattern and key buildings like the Boys’ and Girls’ Schools. This list reflects gifts from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.

President’s Level · $15,000Mr. Harold J. Bowen, Jr.Mr. Paul Fulton, Jr.

Benefactors Level · $10,000Drs. Katherine and Tony AtalaMr. and Mrs. David L. CotterillSusan and Mac McMichael

Collectors Level · $5,000Mr. and Mrs. Leslie M. Baker, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Henry W. BurnettMr. and Mrs. John W. Burress, IIIMr. and Mrs. Russell CameronMr. and Mrs. F. Hudnall Christopher, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. Haywood DavisMr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan, IIIMr. and Mrs. J. Kirk Glenn, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. F. Bordon Hanes, Jr.Ms. Judy Lambeth and Mr. Jerry L. McAfeeCount and Countess Christoph NostitzCol. and Mrs. Charles H. TaylorMr. and Mrs. William R. Watson

Curators Level · $2,500Dr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Adcock, IIIMr. and Mrs. J. Scott CramerMr. and Mrs. S. Mark DoughtonMr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Douglas, IIIMr. and Mrs. Frank E. DriscollMr. and Mrs. Lee L. FrenchMs. Linda A. HobbsDr. and Mrs. Richard JanewayMr. and Mrs. Larry JohnstonMr. and Mrs. Henry H. Jordan, IIMr. John C. Libby, III and Mr. Mark A. KingMs. Adrienne Amos LivengoodMr. Joseph P. LoganMs. Christine D. Minter-Dowd and Mr. Daniel V. DowdMr. Michael Thomas MockMrs. Lynn B. Najaka and Mrs. Amy Najaka Back

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. SchindlerMr. and Mrs. Everette C. SherrillRobert Strickland Family Foundation

Society Level · $1,000Anonymous (1)Ms. Mary E. AlspaughMs. Betsy J. AnneseMr. and Mrs. Guy M. ArcuriMr. and Mrs. Bruce M. BabcockMr. and Mrs. Curt BattenMr. and Mrs. James W. BeasleyMr. and Mrs. Frank M. Bell, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. BlixtMr. and Mrs. Henry M. Booke, Sr.Mr. Nicholas B. BraggDr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. BrownMr. and Mrs. Royall R. Brown, Jr.Mr. John M. Cain and Mr. Russell GoodenMr. William S. CarpenterMr. and Mrs. Henry M. Carter, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Hobart G. CawoodMr. and Mrs. Scott E. CawoodMr. and Mrs. Lee A. ChadenMr. and Mrs. W. Kendall ChalkBishop and Mrs. Ray W. Chamberlain, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. ConnorsMr. and Mrs. Douglas B. ConstableMr. and Mrs. C. Douglas CrossMr. and Mrs. John DalenaMr. and Mrs. C. Wayne DodsonMr. and Mrs. James W. DouglasMs. Mia Celano and Mr. Noel L. DunnMrs. Phyllis H. DunningMr. and Mrs. David C. EaganMrs. Mary M. EaganMr. and Mrs. Barry EisenbergMr. and Mrs. Michael ErnstMr. Alexander C. EwingMr. and Mrs. Victor I. Flow, Jr.Ms. Nella Purrington FultonMr. Anthony L. FurrMr. and Mrs. Bernard GrayMr. and Mrs. James A. Gray, IIIMr. and Mrs. Robert E. GreeneDr. Caryl J. GuthMr. and Mrs. Travis F. HanesMr. and Mrs. Douglas M. HendersonMr. and Mrs. Robert HenningDr. and Mrs. Edward G. Hill, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Eric N. HoyleMr. and Mrs. David A. IrvinDr. and Mrs. Francis M. James, IIIMr. and Mrs. Stan Kelly

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Kepley, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilmour LakeMr. John C. LarsonThe Honorable Molly A. LeightDr. and Mrs. James W. Lester, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. LewisDr. and Mrs. Dan LocklairMrs. Sara R. LongDr. Stephan B. LoweMr. and Mrs. Jack LucasMr. and Mrs. James E. MartinMr. and Mrs. Robert L. MayvilleDr. and Mrs. John D. McConnellMr. and Mrs. Thomas R. McKinneyMr. and Mrs. John B. McKinnonMr. and Mrs. John W. MillicanMr. William J. MurgasMr. and Mrs. R. Frank MurphyMr. and Mrs. Joseph F. NeelyMr. and Mrs. Sam C. Ogburn, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. William A. ParsleyMr. and Mrs. Don PerigoMr. L. Gordon Pfefferkorn, Jr.Ms. S. Margaret Pike and Dr. David WerleMr. and Mrs. C. Edward Pleasants, Jr.Ms. Kathleen H. PondDr. and Mrs. John W. ReedMr. Clay V. Ring, Jr.Mr. R. Gary RohrerMr. Dalton D. Ruffin, Sr.Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.Ms. Cynthia J. SkaarMs. Kelly Green Sowers and Mr. Jeffrey SowersMr. and Mrs. Frederick P. SpachDr. and Mrs. Allston J. Stubbs, IIIMr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Taylor, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Darryl ThompsonMr. and Mrs. David G. TownsendDr. and Mrs. William W. TruslowMr. and Mrs. Randall S. TuttleDr. and Mrs. James M. Walter, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. S. Hayes Wauford, Jr.Dr. Catherine A. Rolih and Dr. Richard B. WeinbergMr. and Mrs. Robert P. Whaling, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. John W. WillinghamMr. and Mrs. Jackson D. Wilson, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William T. Wilson, IIIMs. Ashley Edwards and Mr. Ralph H. WombleMr. and Mrs. William F. Womble, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. William F. Womble, Sr.Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Young

Welcome to our new members.

society giving levels


Frank L. Horton SocietyIn 1965, Frank L. Horton and his mother Theo Taliaferro founded the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). Because of their passion for acquiring internationally, conserving, researching, and exhibiting important examples of southern craftsmanship, MESDA is known today for its contributions to the study and understanding of southern history, decorative arts, and material culture. The Frank L. Horton Society recognizes friends of MESDA who make annual gifts of $1,000 or more. This list reflects gifts from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.

Collectors Level · $5,000Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. BaileyMr. and Mrs. C. Lynch Christian, IIIMs. Frances N. HowieDr. and Mrs. James W. Lester, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Gregory May

Curators Level · $2,500Dr. Gloria S. Allen and Mr. Vincent J. HovanecMr. and Mrs. Christopher H. JonesMr. and Mrs. Bruce H. KnowlesMs. Christine D. Minter-Dowd and Mr. Daniel V. DowdMr. and Mrs. Anthony MontagMs. Mary S. Hoffschwelle and Dr. Carroll V. WestMr. and Mrs. William T. Wilson, III

Society Level · $1,000Anonymous (1)Mr. and Mrs. Len AlaimoMr. and Mrs. Clifton AndersonMs. Betsy J. AnneseMs. Sara Lee BarnesMr. and Mrs. Robert G. BeckMrs. Janet Hoggard BlockerMr. and Mrs. Dan W. Boone, IIIMr. and Mrs. Henry W. Brockman, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Andrew BrunkDr. and Mrs. J. Paul BullockMr. and Mrs. Jackson P. BurwellMs. Stewart T. ButlerMr. and Mrs. Colin G. CampbellMr. Christopher Caracci and Mr. James BoswellDr. Benjamin C. Clark, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. H. E. ComstockMr. and Mrs. Thomas N. ConnorsMr. and Mrs. William CoreyMr. and Mrs. J. Macklin CoxMr. and Mrs. Alfred L. Crabtree, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. J. Scott CramerMr. and Mrs. Theodore F. Craver

Ms. Elizabeth A. Davison and Mr. Brian JacobyMs. Deanne DeavoursMr. and Mrs. Samuel B. DixonMrs. Jane Harper Dollason and Mr. Patrick DollasonMs. Claire M. EfirdMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey S. EvansMs. Juliana FalkMr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan, IIIMr. Alexander L. Franklin, IIDr. and Mrs. Henry F. Frierson, Jr.Mr. W. Ted GossettMr. and Mrs. John H. Guy, IVMrs. Mary E.S. HanahanMr. and Mrs. J. Roderick Heller, IIIDr. and Mrs. Edward G. Hill, Jr.Mr. Matthew HobbsMr. and Mrs. Frank H. HolcombMr. Richard HoytMrs. Sara A. HoytDr. and Mrs. Daniel Jenkins, IIIMr. Richard Hampton JenretteMrs. Linda KaufmanMr. and Mrs. Jerome D. KeyserMr. Robert A. LeathThe Honorable Molly A. LeightMr. and Mrs. Jack LucasMr. and Mrs. William C. MarinerMr. Richard I. McHenryMr. and Mrs. James R. McNab, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. McNamaraDr. and Mrs. John H. MonroeMr. Robert B. ParksMr. Elbert H. Parsons, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. Paul C. Peters, Jr.Mr. Sumpter T. Priddy, IIIMs. Margaret Beck PritchardMr. and Mrs. Alfred F. Ritter, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Roberts, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. David F. RoweMr. and Mrs. Randall A. SchrimsherDr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Sears, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Barry R. SiddenMr. and Mrs. Robert Bland SmithMs. Kathleen A. Staples and Mr. Joe AshleyMr. and Mrs. Terry G. StewartMrs. Elizabeth B. StvanMr. and Mrs. Steve SullivanMr. and Mrs. P. C. Coleman Townsend, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. James M. Walter, Jr.Mr. Edward Weisiger, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. D. Anderson WilliamsMr. and Mrs. David A. WilliamsMr. and Mrs. Philip ZeaLeland Little Auctions

Flora Ann Bynum SocietyFlora Ann Bynum devoted her talent and time to historic preservation and the restoration of gardens and landscapes. Mrs. Bynum served as the Chairman of the first Landscape Restoration Committee, and was a recognized authority on Moravian horticulture. Restoring the gardens and landscapes of early Salem was made possible with her leadership. The Flora Ann Bynum Society recognizes donors who make annual gifts of $1,000, or more in support of Old Salem Museums & Gardens’ horticulture program. This list reflects gifts from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.

Chairman’s Level · $25,000Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Weisner

Botanist Level · $2,500Dr. and Mrs. A. M. FosterMr. and Mrs. James SpencerMr. and Mrs. John M. Vogler

Society Level · $1,000Southern Garden History SocietyMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey AllenMrs. Jocelyn P. ConnorsMr. and Mrs. McDara P. Folan, IIIMr. and Mrs. Martin P. GilmoreDr. and Mrs. Edward G. Hill, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence N. Holden, IIIMr. and Mrs. Eric N. HoyleMr. Linwood R. King, IIIMr. and Mrs. Robert E. MerrittMr. and Mrs. Jeff S. SchwallMr. and Mrs. Everette C. SherrillDr. Charles V. TaftMr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Whittington

Welcome to our new members.

society giving levels

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Current Members Includepreservationist level

$1o,ooo – aboveBB&T

Caterpillar, Inc.Kelly Office Solutions

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLPReynolds American

conservationist level$2,5oo – $4,999

Capture Public Relations & MarketingFirst Tennessee Bank

Krispy Kreme Doughnut CorporationLandmark AviationMast General Store

Pepsi Bottling VenturesWake Forest Innovation Quarter

historian level$5,ooo – $9,999

AnonymousBerkshire Hathaway HomeServices

Carolinas RealtyFlow Automotive Companies

HanesbrandsWestRock Company

Wilson-Covington Construction CompanyWinston-Salem Journal

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLPWXII

Advanced Consumer ElectronicsAladdin Travel & Meeting Planners, Inc.

Allegacy Federal Credit UnionAnnese Public Relations

Archive Information ManagementBell, Davis & Pitt, PA

Capital Development ServicesCOR365

DataChambers

horticulturalist level $1,ooo – $2,4ooDixon Hughes Goodman

Duke EnergyFirst Community Bank

Fourway Warehouse & DistributionFrank L. BlumGoslen Printing

InmarKristen Martin State Farm Insurance

Mercedes-Benz of Winston-Salem

Mountcastle InsurancePiedmont Natural Gas

Quality OilSalemtowne Retirement Community

Siemens EnergyTriad Commercial Properties

Unifi, Inc.Village Tavern

archivist level $5oo – $999Adele Knits

Brendle CPAThe Budd Group

CJMW Architecture P.A.Design Authentic Interior Design

The Dickson FoundationExcalibur Direct Mail Marketing

Hedgecock Building Supply of Walnut CoveThe Historic Brookstown Inn

Leonard Ryden Burr Real EstateMcNeely Pest Control

PostMark, Inc.Sir Speedy Printing & Marketing Services

Sylvester & Cockrum, Inc.

The Tavern in Old SalemT.W. Garner Foods

Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects, P.A.Weavil Properties LLCWells Fargo Advisors

Thank You to the GenerousPillars of Our CommunityBonding Together As Business Friends of Old Salem


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February 2 – 28 – Inspired by Old Salem Art Contest & DisplayIn honor of the 250th Anniversary, “Inspired by Old Salem” artwork from selected WS/FC School students will be on display in the Old Salem Visitor Center.

February 6 – Basic Black 101 Lunch & LectureDr. Corey D. B. Walker, Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education at Winston-Salem State University and author of A Noble Fight: African American Freemasonry and the Struggle for Democracy in America.Part of our Black History Month programming. Old

Salem Visitor Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium. Noon – 1:30 p.m. $20 per person (includes lunch). Reservations required by calling1-800-441-5305.

February 13 – African Storytelling & Drum CircleAfrican storytelling and a drum circle featuring The Healing Force, a family of singers, storytellers and musicians. Enjoy learning rhythms on the Djembe—a popular West African Drum. Part of our Black History Month programming. Performances at 10:30 & 11:30 a.m. Old Salem Visitor

Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium. Included with All-in-One ticket, Adults/$23; 6 – 16/$11. Friends of Old Salem Free.

February 13 – “Strange Bedfellows:The Romance of Winston and Salem.” LectureChris Jordan, Director of Education and Programming at New Winston Museum, will present a lecture about the evolution of our community from 1849–1873. Old Salem Visitor Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium. FREE. 2 p.m.

February 13 – Friends of Salem Shopping DayOld Salem Members receive 20% off all retail purchases.For information on becoming a Member, contact Kelly Bensonat 336-721-7333.

February 13 – 14 – Valentine’s Weekend in Old SalemEnjoy special Valentine’s crafts and activities. Included in All-in-One ticket, Adults/$23; 6-16/$11. Friends of Old Salem Free.

marchMarch 4 – 250 Years of Chocolate-Dipped History:A Sensory Tasting ExperienceEnjoy a delightful evening with unique, savory and sweet chocolate samplings and desserts from select local restaurants alongside adult beverages, coffee and live music from The Paper Crowns. Ticket required, call 336-721-7352. Old Salem Visitor Center. 7 p.m.

March 5 – Chocolate-Dipped History: Celebrating Coffee,Tea, and American Heritage Chocolate™ Celebrating American Heritage Chocolate™, tea, and coffeethrough demonstrations, hands-on activities, tastings, and more.9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Included in All-In-One ticket, Adults/$23;6 – 16/$11. Friends of Old Salem Free.

March 17 – Garden Workshop: In the Ashes and Over the Coals: Adventures in 18th-Century Cooking Earthenware in the early Moravian kitchen will be explored throughpot forms: schalles, pipkin, gumbiss pot, and more. This cookware,plus garden lists and inventories, help define “what’s cooking”! FREE. Noon – 1 p.m. Old Salem Visitor Center, Wachovia Room. To register, email [email protected] or call 336-721-7357.

March 18 – 19 – MESDA Furniture Seminar:Celebrating 50 Years of Southern Furniture StudiesMESDA’s 2016 Furniture Seminar features new discoveries by MESDA staff with varied topics from furniture made in East Tennessee to Piedmont North Carolina, Coastal South Carolina to the British Isles. Registration: $300 / Friend of MESDA or Old Salem: $280. To register, call 336-721-7360.

February 19 – Commemorative Walk of the Founding Brothers & Builders’ House LightingA re-creation of the walk from Bethabara to Salem made by the first permanent group of builders to live here. Eight historic interpreters will represent the original group andwalk a similar route. They will depart Bethabara at 2 p.m.At 5 p.m., any and all are welcome to gather at the site of the

Builders’ House for remarks from Old Salem representatives, followed by the official lighting of this new illuminated public art project.

February 20 – Founders’ Day CelebrationCelebrate and learn about Salem’s Founders. Learn how maps were made and used in early Salem; try your hand at building techniques, watch historic trades demonstrations, and more. Included in All-in-One ticket, Adults/$23; 6-16/$11. Friends of Old Salem Free.

February 27 – Black History Month Showcase of SongFeaturing African American spirituals and the encoded messages that helped enslaved people escape to freedom. Choirs and dance teams from local schools, churches, and organizations will participate. Sponsored by the City of Winston-Salem’s Human Relations Department and the

St. Philips Heritage Center. Old Salem Visitor Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium. FREE. Noon – 1:30 p.m.



March 19 – Garden Workshop:Birds of Wachovia from the 1750s until todayThe Moravians are excellent record keepers and their documents even inform us about birds in their Wachovia Tract through time. Learn how this historic information, coupled to breeding-bird research by the Audubon Society of Forsyth County, provides and understanding ofbird populations today. 10 – 11 a.m. Single Brothers’ Workshop. FREE.To register, email [email protected] or call 336-721-7357.

March 23 & 24 – Arts Alive in SalemAn opportunity for students to experience Arts-based demonstrations and hands-on activities. Students $12 with advance reservations/prepayment and one adult per 12 students is complimentary (plus applicable NC sales tax). Reservations required, call 800-441-5305.

March 24 – Garden Workshop: Gardening for BirdsLearn how to attract and support birds in your lawn and garden with simple ideas for planting things that provide food and shelter. Noon. Old Salem Visitor Center, Wachovia Room. FREE. To register, email [email protected] or call 336-721-7357.

March 26 – Friends of Salem Shopping DayOld Salem Members receive 20% off all retail purchases. For information on becoming a Member, contact Kelly Benson at 336-721-7333.

March 26 – Easter FestivalAnnual Easter egg hunt,Easter egg dyeing usingnatural ingredients, egg painting, Easter Maus reading, Easter hymns, and more. 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Included in All-In-One ticket, Adults/$23; 6 – 16/$11.Friends of Old Salem Free.

Black History Month Event

250th Anniversary of Salem Event

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25o years ago, the Moravians began the process of building a town that they named Salem. Their vision was to create a thriving center for commerce, trades, arts, agriculture, religion, and science. They spent years planning the town and searching for just the right location, with the goal of creating a community that would stand the test of time. For 66 years, Old Salem Museums & Gardens, along with many generous community, individual, corporate,foundation and organization donors, has been working hard to preserve and sustain the historic town of Salem.Your gifts are vital to what we accomplish here every day, and we Thank You!

We invite you to make a gift, in addition to your membership, in honor of the town of Salem’s 25oth anniversary by using the enclosed reply envelope. Your ongoing support is essential to Old Salem’s future and will ensure that we can uphold this community asset, historic treasure and National Landmark for generations to come.

250 Years of Salem, NC

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