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"The Harmon House" before being remodeled in 1890. The home on Former Harmon home, now Interior Design Studio of Reginald St yers
South Main Street known as " The Harmon House" was built in the Associates, Inc. Mr. Styers, F ellow, the American Institute of Interior D e-
1860's by Salome Kerner H armon's son, Julius Harmon (Joseph of Kerners- sign, is President. His brother, Ronald, is Vice-President. David Holcomb,
ville's grandson. ) In later years it was the home of D. W. and Tilla A.I.D., also, a member of the firm, is Vice-President, the Carolinas Chapter
Harmon, children of Julius H armon. It was noted for its fine boxwood of American Institute of Interior Designers.
and rose garden. The house is now owned and occupied by Reginald Styers.

The late Dr. Adelaide Fries, archivist of the Moravian
Church, wrote that he was "probably the most versatile
man who ever lived in Salem". He was an acting a-
tomey, store bookkeeper, farmer, justice of the peace,
master tinner, organist, ran a paper mill, was the first
postmaster in Salem, land speculator, Lutheran minis-
ter (he left the Moravian church for the Lutheran).
Schober also ran the inn at the crossroads, which also
contained a store. He evidently transferred this property
to his son, Nathaniel Schober, for it was Nathaniel who
sold the property on November 14, 1817.
The man who now comes down center stage is the
final and most important hero in our history-drama.
The man who bought 1032 acres from Nathaniel Schober
was Joseph Kerner and the site of the inn and store
became known as Kerner's Crossroads. The sale took
place on the 14th of November and bn the 18th day of
November the Kerner family left Friedland, six miles to
the southwest, to go to their new home, the large resi-
The house on the comer of South Cherry Street and Tan Yard Lane
dence inn at the crossroads which had been built by was built in the early 1870's. Home of Dr. Kerr Pepper and Miss Mina
William Dobson. There were no curious neighbors peep- Pepper who married Tom Fleshman and continued living there. Sometimes
called " The T om Fleshman House."
ing from behind window curtains as the new residents
made their way along the road winding through the
beautiful trees of their 1032 acres, for they would have

This home on South Cherry Street, known
as " The Robah Kerner House" was built by
Gid F . Kerner, great grandson of Joseph, in
1886. In 1922 the house was remodeled by his
son Robah. Mr. and Mrs. Robah Kerner now
occupy the house. Robah is the great, great
grandson of Joseph.