Winston-Salem Downtown & Old Salem

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                                  WINSTON-SALEM, NC

                                 Downtown & Old Salem

 

10 Km Historic Walk YR081 Jan 1 - Dec 31

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Authors and Literary Landmarks

Cemetery Stroll

Historic Churches

Covered Bridges

Firehouses

Museums

Courthouses in the USA

Railroad Heritage

Walking Europe in the USA

Forsyth County   

             

START POINT:

Gateway YWCA
1300 South Main Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27127
336-354-1589.

HOURS: M-F 5:45 AM- 9 PM, Sat 7 AM - 5 PM, Sun 1 PM- 5 PM

HOW TO GET THERE: From Business I-40 take the Cherry Street exit (EXIT 5C). IF WESTBOUND, turn right on Cherry to 2nd Street and right on 2nd Street to Liberty Street. Follow Liberty as it changes to Old Salem Rd. to traffic circle and go halfway around. Turn on first right after Waughtown St. and follow around building to entrance. IF EASTBOUND turn right on Marshall Street to W Salem Ave. Turn left W Salem Ave to traffic circle and go halfway around. Turn on first right after Waughtown St. and follow around building to entrance.

 

POC: Dick and Winnie Feldmann, 336-992-2609, Rwfandwbf@aol.com

or Loren Little 336-788-8582, Iorenlittle@bellsouth.net

 

TRAIL: 10 Km Downtown & Old Salem, rated 2, suitable for strollers, but difficult for wheelchairs. Trail winds through downtown, quiet neighborhoods of the Historic West End, along the strollway - a segment of Rails-to-Trails, and Old Salem - a reconstructed early Moravian town. Has some moderate hills.

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The Moravian Coffee Pot.  This appears on the club patch.

 

 

An old house in the Old Salem Restoration

 


An old store on Old Salem Square

 

Memorial to an early Winston-Salem brickmaker

Downtown Winston-Salem

The tavern in Old Salem, built 1784

Buildings in Old Salem

Statue of R. J. Reynolds, founder of tobacco industry in Winston-Salem.  That's how Winston and Salem cigarettes got their names.

The old and the new

God's Acre, the Moravian Burial Ground since 1771