Pencil Drawing of Bethania, North Carolina (2468.2)
Pencil Drawing of Bethania, North Carolina
1855
Maximilian Grunert (1826-1887)
Graphite on paper
Bethania, North Carolina
Old Salem Museums & Gardens (2468.2)
Gift of G. Wilson Douglas
Bethania, located ten miles northwest of Salem, was founded in 1759. The artist who completed these sketches served as Bethania’s pastor from 1851 to 1857. Although Bethania was founded as a farming community, it did not take long before the town was home to a mill, tanyard, Tavern, store, and several other trades, including a cigar-making industry operated by the Lash/ Loesch family.
The second drawing (2468.2) focuses on the church and surrounding lots from the east.
