"THE BIG COFFEE POT"

ONE OF THE CITY'S OLD LANDMARKS

                                     WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.


The Moravian tinsmiths, Samuel and Julius Mickey, built the famous coffee pot in 1858 as an advertisement for their business. Originally located at the intersection of South Main and Belews Streets in Salem, the coffee pot was moved to its current site at South Main Street and Old Salem Bypass when Business 40 was constructed in the 1950s. Many legends have developed about the distinctive seven-foot pot. One such tale holds that a Yankee soldier hid in the pot to avoid Confederate soldiers during the War Between the States. 


Looks like it is still around.