On this day in 1937, the cornerstone of a new building in Salem was unveiled. The building under construction was an ambitious project for the Wachovia Historical Society and it was coming to fruition,...
On this day in 1947, the Wachovia Historical Society acquired the Adam Spach home in Arcadia Township. The society acquired the Adam Spach “Rock House,” as it was called, for restoration in a joint...
Bernard Jacob “B. J.” Pfohl was born on this day in 1866, in Salem, to Christian Thomas and Margaret Siewers Pfohl. He attended the Salem Boys School and at age fifteen he joined his...
The big announcement that the Wachovia Historical Society had received a gift of $10,500 from two “interested friends,” came at the 1928 annual meeting. The money was to be used for the enlargement...
