Barn
91 feet long by 36 feet wide. Built using a style known as Bindwerk - essentially wood siding. Number of floors uncertain. Constructed prior to 1758.
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Boys' House
35 feet long by 28 feet wide. 2 stories high. Wood frame with masonry. Had 4 rooms, 1 dining room, 1 kitchen, bakery and a washhouse.
Gemeinhaus | Single Brothers' House
44 feet long by 32 feet wide. Two stories. Had 5 rooms, a saal, a milk cellar, and a dormitory. Hewn logs. Built prior to 1752.
New Horse Stable
47 feet long by 35 feet wide. Masonry.
Peter Rice
1743-????. Born in Bethlehem. One of the first cohort of boys sent to Christiansbrunn in September 1757, assigned to learn to be a tailor. Later apprenticed as a gunstocker.
Christiansbrunn Grider
Submitted by spg4 on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 07:35
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Wendel Westhoefer
1743-1769. Born in Muddy Creek, Pennsylvania. Occupation unknown.
Samuel Wutke
1722-1759. Moved to North Carolina in 1755. Worked as a farmer.
Adam van Erd
1722-1794. Born in Soberheim, Palatine. Worked as a leather-breeches maker.
Henry Strauss
Information unknown. Lived briefly in Christiansbrunn; left and was readmitted to live in Bethlehem.