NPS Form 10-900 008 No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 8-86) U National Park Service This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations of eligibility for individual properties or districts. See instructions in Guidelines for Completing National Register Forms (National Register Bulletin 16). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the requested information. If an item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, styles, materials, and areas of significance, enter only the categories and subcategories listed in the instructions. For additional space use continuation sheets (Form 1 0-900a). Type all entries. 1. Name of Property historic name St. Philip's Moravian Church other names/site number St. Philip' s ~1oravian Church in Salem city, town Hinston-Salem, Old Salem vicinity state North Carolina code NC county Forsyth code zip code 27108 Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property KJ private [Zl building(s) Contributing Noncontributing o public-local Ddistrict 1 ___ buildings o public-State DSi1e ___ sites o public-Federal D structure ___ structures Dobject _---,...,--------objects 1 __O_Total Name of related multiple property listing: Number of contributing resources previously N/A listed in the National Register 0 As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, I hereby certify that this ~ nomination 0 request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National R~g~ter of Historic~nd me~Js the procedural a~d profes~ional r.eq~irements set f~rth .in 36 CFR Part 60. In my; ~ 6f ;,the pr rty ~ ~s D does not meet the National Register criteria. D See continuation s~et. i ' I .• ·i~ L.. '/~. 7 -Z t:--1 ( Signa ure of certifying oHicial " f/ Date State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property 0 meets D does not meet the National Register criteria. D See continuation sheet. Signature of commenting or other oHicial Date State or Federal agency and bureau 5, National Park Service Certification I, hereby, certify that this property is: ~ entered in the National Register. See continuation sheet. determined eligible for the National Register. D See continuation sheet. D determined not eligible for the National Register. removed from the National Register . ._other, (explain:) _________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action Historic Functions (enter categories from instructions) Current Fynction::; (enter categories from Religion/religious structure Vacant/not In use Architectural Classification Materials (enter categories from (enter categories from instructions) foundation ---::B:::-r_l-;-' c_k..--______________ Greek Revival walls ___B_r_l_' c_k _____________ _ MetaI/tln roof _____~-~---------------- ____--- other ____W_ o_o_d_____________________ ___ Describe present and historic physical appearance. See continuation sheets. [Xl See continuation sheet rlor ri St. Philip's ivbravi2n v:urch Forsyth County North Carolina Section number _7__ Page _1__ 7. Description st. Philip's Moravian Church stands on the east side of Church street in the Old Salem Historic District (National Register and locally designated) located just south of downtown Winston-Salem. The church is the last structure on the east side of Church Street before the Old Salem Historic District's southern boundary. It sits approximately fifty feet back from the street, in contrast to all of the houses surrounding it that are at the front of their lots, to accomodate the site of an earlier Parish Graveyard for non-Moravians or "strangers." Although no grave markers are visible in front of st. Philip's, the graves themselves, dating as early as 1775, remain. The north and south lot lines are bordered with large trees and thick underbrush,· and the rear of the property within a few feet 'of the church is wildly overgrcwn as well. Directly in front of the church, within ten feet of the northwest and southwest corners stand two large maple trees. The lot bordering st. Philip's on the north ( t a x lot 1 0 6 ) is.:> c C'u pie d t-Y a ca. 19 0 0 fr arne d well i n g. T:-l e lot to the sDuth (tax lot 203), LH11:;ccupied and',partially cleared, is the site of t~e first bl.a.ck Horav ian church, 'a log structure const.ructe:} .1!1 2.822 lccated near the northwest corner of the lot. The rectangular brick building which has come to be known as st. Philip's Moravian Church in Salem is a red brick, rectangular structure with a gable-front, standing seam tin roof and white­ painted wood trIm. The original block of st. Philip's, erected in 1861, is a forty-foot by sixty-foot gable-front structure with interior chimneys on the north and south walls. The north chimney has been replaced above the roofline. Laid in 1:4 common bond, the church originally featured a white frame bell tower, four double-hung, tall and narrow nine-over-nine windows without bricK lintels on the north and south elevations and two on the front (west) elevation flanking double doors. On the east end, or rear elevation, stands a small apse which accomodated a recessed pulpit area. The apse is slled-roofed and has a small, four-over­ four window in each side wall. In 1890 the congregation enlarged the buildi.ng with a full-width, twenty-four foot addition to the west facade. Also executed in red brick laid in common bond, this addition created a new front elevation which remains today, and which reused the double, flat, Greek Revival-paneled doors from the 1861 entrance. A tall, tweJve-light transom appears over the door, and the entrance is flanked by double-hung twelve-over­ twelve sash windows, taller than the others and with simple header lintels. The 'Horavian' entrance hood probably was added when the new entrance was built. This 1890 addition did not of t S1. Phi lip's lvbravian Church For sY1h C.Dunty North Carol ina Section number _7__ Page _2__ change the north and south elevations of the 1861 buildino, but . ~d d . diana .exferlor COlmn.e"""S It. ad e two twelve-over-twelve Wln ows to ~ne west ena ~f both of these elevations. Exterior trim consists mainly of a simple boxed cornice with gable end returns and simple window and door surrounds, similar to the the 1861 appearance. The belfry probably was removed during the 1890 remodeling, and no known documentary photograph exists which shows the appearance of the church around the turn of the century. Further investigation of the various layers of roofing' material may reveal a definitive answer to the question of when the belfry was removed (Larson interview) . On the interior, the 1890 addition created a central entrance hall flanked by one large classroom on each side, accessible through Greek Revival two-paneled doors. In tIle classroom on the north side, the original exterior'wall of the l86l building and the location of a former facade window can be seen. In both classrooms, the ceiling slopes down to~ard the east walJ.! intersecting the windows, to accomodate the s~cping balcony floor above installed during the 1890 construct.ion. Just past the cl<lssrooTils, the central hall leads into a vestibule area' running the zllll ~didth of the building. On both. the north and south ends of JchE'": ve~:3tibule are partially enclosed' stairs whicfl lead to- the balcony. There is some speCUlation that the northern staircase may have been installed later than the southern one, since the northern one contains an additional riser, and the balusters are slightly larger (Larson interview). From the vesti.bule, two t'do-paneled doors lead into the main sanctuary area. The sanctuary is a large room, approximately thirty-eight by forty-eight and a half feet. At the east end there is 2- platformed altar area one step above the main floor and a shallow apse. The apse is reached by yet another platform which has recessed panels with wooden steps at each end. The apse is framed, as are all of the windows and doors in the church, by simple post and lintel surrounds with plain corner blocks. In the southeast corner near the altar platform stands the pUlpit furniture from the late 19th century, including four chairs with delicate spindles and decorative cutwork. The 1861 sanctuary area features four sash windows on each side, with interior chimneys centered on each side of the room to accomodate heating stoves and flues, one of which remains on the north side. with the exception of the west wall, or balcony wall, the sanctuary carries horizontal flush-sheathed wainscoting from the floor to the windowsil.ls. As throughout the interior of the building, walls are plaster, ceilings are flush boards (except the slanted classroom ceilings which are beaded tongue-and-groove boards), St. Philip's Nbravian Church Forsyth County North Carolina Section number __7_ Page ___ and floors are uniform-width wooden boards. Nail holes and ghost marks from the original pew locations remain on the floor boards and wainscoting of the sanctuary, indicating that there were two aisles, each corresponding with a vestibule door. One of the most decorative features of the church is the elaborate sawnwork balcony railing which features a fleur-de-lis design and which may have been a feature of the 1861 balcony (La~son interview). It stands in front of sliding, beaded board, wooden doors, probably added in 1890 to enable church members to enclose the balcony as a classroom. The balcony itself features a graduated wooden "floor and stairwells open at the top with matchstick railings on both the north and south ends leading to the vestibule below.