262 CITIES AND TOWNS
  Day pageant, and at commencement time the School of Music gives a pro-
  gram of choral and orchestral music.
’ POINTS OF INTEREST
  1. The COFFEE POT, SW. corner S. Main and Belew Sts., was erected
  in 1857 by ]ulius Mickey as a sign for his tin shop. The pot with its support
if is 16 feet IO inches high. Tradition relates that a Confederate soldier hid
  within the pot during the raid by Stoneman’s Federal troops.
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  2. The BELO HOUSE (private), 455 S. Main St., built in 1849 by Edward
  Belo as a store and residence, is well preserved. The three-story structure was
  once a center of social and commercial life, but has been converted into an
  apartment house. The weatherboarded central bay is recessed' between
l brick wings, and the whole is painted white. A pedimented Corinthian portico
{ rises to the full height of the Main Street facade, shielding a roofed second-
{ story balcony supported by smaller columns of similar design and guarded
3 by an elaborate cast-iron grille. The severity of the walls is relieved by the
  dull black of the shingled roof and three long rows of green-shuttered small- i
  paned windows. Street-level paneled doors open into the ground Hoor, which
  served for the mercantile establishment; the north wing housed the clerks.
  The family occupied the ;outh wing wiich faces a lgligher leivel on Blank
4; Street. Here the two-stor agade is mar ed by a pe imente Corint ian
  portico and a second-story?] balcony with an ornate grille. Terraces descend
  to the Main Street corner. On the broad stone facings of the retaining wall
  are the heavy cast-iron figures of two dogs and a lion.
  3. The SALEM LAND OFFICE BUILDING (private), SE. corner S.
Ei Main and Bank Sts., was erected in 1797 as the office and home of the
  church warden, who administered all town affairs, including the sale of
  land. Now a residence, it is one of the finest examples of early Salem architec-
  ture. Flush with the sidewalk, its first-floor walls are of stone, some of the
ll blocks being more than 8 feet long and 6 inches thick, taken from a quarry
  north of the town; the second floor is of hand-made brick. Most of the
  joists are held together by wooden pegs; its nails were hammered out on
  the blacksmith’s anvil. Sprawling hinges extend across the front door, whose
Qi heavy lock and great key were made by Lewis Eberhardt, early Salem lock-
  smith. In 1876 the lower floor was made into offices for the congregational `
5 and provisional secretaries.
  4. The HOUSE OF THE COMMUNITY PHYSICIAN (private), 463 S.
  Church St., built in 1800, is a well-preserved three-story building of red,
E hand-made brick. Its numerous small-paned windows are set closely together
= in regular rows. This was the residence of Dr. Vierling, early Salem physi-
  cian, whose amputating saw and other instruments are in the museum of
i the Wachovia Historical Society.
  5. The MORAVIAN GRAVEYARD, entrance by way of Cedar Ave.,
  known throughout the South as “God’s Acre,” was consecrated in 1771.