Built 1780 Designated NHL May 15, 1975 Phone +1 610-867-0173 | NRHP Reference # 75001658 Opened 1780 Added to NRHP 15 May 1975 | |
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Location 66 W. Church St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Address 66 W Church St, Bethlehem, PA 18018, USA Hours Closed today ThursdayClosedFridayClosedSaturday11AM–4PMSunday11AM–4PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosed Similar Colonial Industrial Quarter, Burnside Plantation, Illick's Mill, Kemerer Museum of Decorativ, Historic Bethlehem Museums | ||
Gemeinhaus-Lewis David de Schweinitz Residence, also known as the Moravian Museum, is a house in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Built to house the married couples of the Moravian community as well as the community's place of worship, the Saal, it is the oldest surviving building in Bethlehem, the largest surviving log house in the USA and also significant for its association with the botanist and mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
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