Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

5 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY WHOSE FOUNDERS WERE TRUE PATRIOTS The Unitas Fratrum or Church of the Brethren arose in the fifteenth century in…

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Gemeinhaus

The foundation for the Gemeinhaus, or Community House, was laid in September. For many years this was to serve as home and hospice, manse…

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Dutch

There is such a town, and but one-New Castle, Delaware. The Swedes laid it out in 1631, and called it New Stockholm. In 1651 the Dutch…

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Market

Many of the buildings and traditions centre about the old Market Square, in the centre of the town, only a few hundred feet from the…

The Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Corner

The Amstel House, the home of Henry Hanby Hay, is the oldest of these; it was probably built about 1730. One of its earliest owners was…

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