July Note Card Party, Historic Old Salem

Hello everyone; I'm ready to participate in another one of Vee's fun Note Card Parties at A Haven For Vee.  If you've never visited Vee's blog, you should make plans to visit this evening, and maybe you'll be inspired to create some note cards with your own photos.  You needn't have a particular theme, but you do have to use pictures that have already appeared in your previous posts.  And you can only choose four photos.

For the July Note Card Party, I chose to make note cards of Old Salem, a historic community about twelve miles from where I live.  I love to photograph and write about Old Salem, and consequently, I had a really hard time choosing just four photos.  :)   **I edited this post after publishing to identify what the buildings in the photo are. 

Scenes From Old Salem, North Carolina

First photo is now a private residence, but I think it may once have been the gunsmith's shop.  Can you see the musket mounted by the door on the right?

This second photo is the Salem Tavern Restaurant.  They serve lunch and dinner, and at lunch time you can get meals very similar to what they served here during colonial times.

Third photo is now a private residence, but was formerly the Apothecary Shop.  I love the old signs, which were designed for people who couldn't read to determine by the picture what type of business resided here.

The last photo was a garden in someone's private home. 

You can read about Old Salem and see more photos of the homes, gardens, shops, historic church and women's college circa 1772, Here, Here and Here.

Thanks so very much for all your visits and wonderful comments this week, and I hope you have a great day!

Denise