by Aurelia Gray Eller and Paula W. Locklair

"Old Salem Brought to Life" is a tribute to the artistry and spirit of one of the North Carolina Moravian town's most steadfast pioneers. Pauline Bahnson Gray (1891-1955) was born in Salem in a house two doors up from Home Moravian Church, and at no time in her life did she live more than a few minutes away from the eighteenth-century community, nor did it ever slip out of her memories of a joyous childhood. Gray's talent with a brush wound up becoming the visual context for an interested citizenry in the restoration of "old" Salem as industrialization and automobile traffic began engulfing its uniqueness as a pastoral village in the early-twentieth century. Whether one has ties to the Moravian community, is a preservationist, or a person simply drawn to Pauline's life of quiet purpose, her story will resonate with many.

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