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The home of Mrs. Madge Davis before it was remodeled in 1963-64. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. (Ted) Kerner is one of
Kernersville's oldest landmarks. Located on South Main Street, the house,
with 14-inch thick brick walls, was built in 1877 by Theodore E. Kerner
and his wife, Elizabeth Greenfield Kerner. The land was given to Theodore
Home on South Main Street over 100 years old was built by Richard by his father, Israel Kerner. The brick was made for the house in a kiln
P. Kerner youngest and sixth son of John Frederick Kerner. The home located about 600 feet behind the house. The children of the Ted Kerner's
was built in 1867, and was occupied by Richard P. Kerner and family Susan and Ted Jr., are the 4th generation to live in the house and the
until his death in 1925. One son of Richard, Frank F. Kerner, still lives 7th generation in the lineage of Joseph Kerner.
in Kernersville and became 91 years of age in January 1971. The house
was remodeled in 1963-64 by Mr. and Mrs. L. H. D avis.

formed an avenue from one end of the town to the selves the hub of the Piedmont Triad.
other are almost gone too. The Indian,s left their arrow- More than the crossroads has survived in this town.
heads and departed. The early owners of the cross- We were settled by strong-minde•d (occasionally hard-
roads have left behind a few lines in the history book. headed), resilient Germans, Scotch-Irish and English.
Later community landmarks - both human and inani- They were true individualists. "Kernersville has been
mate - have become fast fading memories in all but a describe~ as proud and kin conscious and a little bit
few minds. eccentric." At the same time, our forebears were highly
What has remained of the old days and ways? Per- independent, resourceful, honest and idealistic. Ker-
haps one of the most significant is the crossroads itself. nersville has retained the spirit of the early community
From the earliest records we know that our location, and has kept its identity in spite of its three big neigh-
so favored by nature, was an important junction where bors in the Triad. The most important commodity Ker-
two roads met. Today Kernersville has become an in- nersville ever did or ever will distribute is its good
creasingly important distribution center. We call our- citizens.

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