Rephelius Byron Kerner House

225 South Main Street - Circa 1870, this is a typical two-story common brick Italianate style house. It is typical of tthe Kerner houses built in the last quarter of the 19th century. This "L" shaped house follows a center hall plan with a large room at each side of the entry hall. A one-story rear ell houses the kitchen and bath facilities. Rephelius Byron Kerner was the fourth generation of Joseph Kerner. The house was once owned by Elizabeth Hedgecock Sparks, whose pen name was Beth Tartan, a famous cooking author and food editor for the Winston-Salem Journal. The house is currently owned by the Ciener Botanical Garden, located next door.