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New Bern
Historic Sites List
ONLINE Historic Tour
1. Simpson Duffy House: c. 1845; moved 1983.
Original transitional Federal to Greek Revival house
has been enlarged and enhanced by numerous
additions. (219 Pollock St.)
2. Old United States Custom House: 1874. The two bay
facade has been remodeled and covered with stucco.
(243 Craven St.)
3. Early Brick Store: c. 1840-1845 facade remodeled
c. 1910. New Bern's only surviving one-story antebellum
commercial structure was built just after the damaging
fires that leveled many downtown buildings.
(237 Craven St.)
4. Isaac Taylor House: c. 1792. Constructed by merchant,
ship owner and planter Isaac Taylor; dwelling incorporated a "counting house"
on the first floor. Note its fine Federal woodwork. (228 Craven St.)
5. James Riggs House: c. 1830-1840. This transitional
Federal-to-Greek Revival style dwelling retains
much of the original finishes at 2nd & 3rd floor levels.
(223 Craven St.)
6. Stevens Brick Block (Old City Hall): c. 1816. Unique
row of four brick stores; later converted to the City Hall
and the present facade c. 1900. (220-226 Craven St.)
7. Wade Meadows House: c. 1843 remodeled in 1885
in the Second Empire style. Cast iron crest on
Mansard roof and iron fence are notable surviving
features. (214 Tryon Palace Dr.)
8. Harvey Mansion: c. 1798. Federal style brick
structure built by John Harvey, ship owner and
merchant. The building served as an unusual
combined residence, office, and storage area for his
mercantile enterprises. (221 Tryon Palace Dr.)
9. Rich-Whitty House: c. 1843. This small Greek
Revival home was enlarged during the late Victorian
period. (212 Tryon Palace Dr.)
10. Woman's Club Building: c. 1932. Constructed of
concrete curbing that had been dumped at Union
Point. (Union Point)
11. Union Point: Site selected in 1710 by Baron De
Graffenried for government house; land purchased
from Indian chief King Taylor.
12. Thomas Sparrow House: c. 1840-42. Townhouse built
by shipyard owner Thomas Sparrow. (222 East Front St.)
13. Justice House: c. 1842. Greek Revival period brick
townhouse built for merchant John Justice.
(221 East Front St.)
14. Roberson-Chadwick House: c. 1846-1848 remodeled
c. 1900. This side-hall plan, late Federal frame house
was moved back from the sidewalk line.
(223 East Front St.)
15. 227 East Front St.: c. 1846-1850, enlarged c. 1900 &
1940. The Federal-to-Greek Revival side hall plan is
hard to discern with the later addition.
16. James M. Howard House: c. 1890. Queen Anne style house
with five-sided corner tower with diagonal braid aprons and
upper sash windows of stained glass. (207 Pollock St.)
17. Benjamin Ellis House: c. 1852. This structure was cut in
half and widened c. 1900. (215 Pollock St.)
18. David F. Jarvis House: c. 1903. Colonial Revival house
designed by Herbert Woodley Simpson. (220 Pollock St.)
19. Dr. John R. Justice House: c. 1845. Brick townhouse with
Greek Revival interior and exterior finishes. (216 Pollock St.)
20. Meadows-Hahn House: c. 1847. Simple Greek Revival
house. Remodeled c. 1900 in Second Empire style.
(212 Pollock St.)
21. Sudan Shrine Temple A.A.O.N.M.S.: Jurisdiction is all of
eastern North Carolina. Organized in 1916, membership is
now over 11,000. (Corner of Broad and East Front St.)
22. Battle of New Bern Historical Marker and Cannon: Marker
tells the story of the Civil War Battle of New Bern
(March 14,1862).
23. Burrus-Simmons House: c. 1890. A large, late Victorian
house built by the Burrus family and later owned by
Senator Furnifold Simmons, a powerful member of
Congress from 1901-1931. (417 East Front St.)
24. Cox-Stewart House: c. 1785-90; enlarged 1810. Small
Georgian vernacular sidehall house. (219 New St.)
25. Council Bluff: Near here, Baron De Graffenried landed
with his band of settlers in 1710. (East Front St.)
26. Coor-Bishop House: c. 1770-78. Built by James Coor.
Subsequent owner, George Pollock, entertained President
James Monroe and Secretary of War and Mrs. James C.
Calhoun. Remodeled in the Neo-Classical Revival style
and turned toward the water c. 1907. (501 East Front St.)
27. Coor-Bishop Dependency: c. 1830-40. Built as a small
dwelling or an office for the Coor-Bishop House.
(214 New St.)
28. Gull Harbor: c. 1815-18. Federal sidehall dwelling with
unusual central chimney plan. (514 East Front St.)
29. Oliver House: c. 1790; enlarged c. 1810-20; moved 1958.
This gambrel-roofed house was originally located west of
Tryon Palace. (5 12 East Front St.)
30. Jacob L. Hartsfield House: c. 1912. Fine Colonial Revival
details abound. On the North side is an oversized
Palladian window over the interior stairway.
(516 East Front St.)
31. Larry I. Moore House: c. 1908. A Herbert Woodley
Simpson-designed house, featuring a Neo-Classical
Revival portico and restrained Colonial Revival detailing.
(511 East Front St.)
32. Smallwood-Howard House: c. 1815-17; moved and
remodeled 1904-08. Federal style dwelling built for
planter Josiah Howard. (209 Change St.)
33. Frazier-Mayhew House: c. 1821; moved 1973. Federal
townhouse contains sophisticated mantels, woodwork and
moldings. (217 Change St.)
34. Gambrel-Roofed House (the Leech House): Joseph Leech
acquired this lot in 1752, and the house was built
c. 1800-1820. (231 Change St.)
35. Rebecca Delastatius House: c. 1810; enlarged 1830;
remodeled 1890-1900. Modest Federal Period house with
double porches typical of the coastal region.
(206 Change St.)
36. Dawson-Clarke House: c. 1807- 10; enlarged c. 1820.
Federal style house; double porches in popular coastal
style. (519 East Front St.)
37. Samuel Smallwood House and Garden: House c.1884;
remodeled in 1920s to present Colonial Revival style. The
cypress tree in the rear of the house-known as the "Treaty
Tree"-was the site of the signing of many Indian and
Revolutionary War treaties. (520 East Front St.)
38. Eli Smallwood House: c. 1810. One of the finest of New Bern's
Federal brick sidehall houses; Noted for its handsome
portico and elegant interior woodwork. (524 East Front St.)
39. Jones-Jarvis House: Begun by Frederick Jones in 1810 and later
sold to Moses Jarvis,owner of a large shipping firm. This
property, like the Smallwood House property, included wharves
on the Neuse River.(528 East Front St.)
40. Slover Dependency: c. 1847. Originally the kitchen, slave
quarters, and smokehouse to the Charles Slover House.
(521 East Front St.)
41. Charles Slover House: c. 1848-49. New Bern's most grand Greek
Revival style residence. During the Civil War, Union General
Ambrose Burnside selected the house for his headquarters.
Purchased in 1908 by C. D. Bradham, inventor of "Brad's Drink,"
now known as Pepsi-Cola. (201 Johnson St.)
42. Salter's Store: 1800-1900; enlarged c. 1850 and c. 1880-1900.
The earliest one-story structure possibly housed a store.
(604 East Front St.)
43. Blades House: c. 1891-1892. This large late Italianate style
double house displays lavish use of sawn work.
(616-618 E. Front St.)
44. Mary B. Gordon House: c. 1885-1890. This five bay wide main
block and two-story rear ell house has had a new large front
porch added. (624 East Front St.)
45. King Street is made up of many turn of the century gable-front
residences. 215 King Street is the exception with Colonial
Revival Detailing, Bungalow-style porch and Foursquare design.
46. Lewis Whitehurst House: c. 1814. A variation on the Coastal
Cottage form. A plain two-story rear ell added after the
Civil War was recently moved away and now sits at 715 Craven
as a separate house. (403 Queen St.)
47. Hall House: 1850-1860.The earliest information indicates this
was a one-story,one room deep house. interior finishes are of
the Greek Revival influence. (707 Craven St.)
48. Elijah Clark House:c.1760-80; enlarged c.1800 and l9l0.
Gambrel-roofed house was owned by Elijah Clark, Sheriff of
Craven County and a founder of First Baptist Church.
(616 Middle St.)
49. Robert Hancock House: c. 1845; remodeled c. 1890. A transitional
Federal-to-Greek Revival house with Victorian embellishments
was raised on its foundations probably to prevent damage from
high water during hurricanes. (217 King St.)
50. 609 Craven St.: c. 1850; remodeled c. 1880-1900. Originally a
one-story structure with rear shed rooms (which survive).
51. Charles S. Hollister House: c. 1912. The earlier house (c. 1840)
disappeared under the Colonial Revival remodeling with the
neoclassical portico designed by popular architect, Herbert
Woodley Simpson. (614 Craven Street)
52. Harker-Sparrow House: c. 1780; enlarged c. 1830. Remodeled c. 1900.
The original house faced E. Front St. Greek Revival changes and
additions follow the traditional Federal forms. (208 Johnson St.)
53. George Slover House: c. 1894. An eclectic combination of Queen
Anne and Shingle styles. (209 Johnson St.)
54. Mitchell-Stevenson House: c. 1800; remodeled 1830-40.
(211 Johnson St.)
55. Brinson-Fulcher House: c. 1770. Georgian house remodeled in the
1840s in the Late Federal style. (213 Johnson St.)
56. Jerkins-Richardson House: c. 1848-49. One of the lastest examples
of a New Bern sidehall Federal house. Note captain's walk.
(520 Craven St.)
57. Bright House: c. 1790. Gambrel-roofed cottage. (514 Craven St.)
58. Smith-Whitford Dependency: c. 1790-1830; moved and
enlarged c. 1900. This Federal period kitchen and servants'
quarters was moved here and remodeled as a residence between
1898 and 1904. (512 Craven St.)
59. Smith-Whitford House: c. 1772-82. Probably the work of
architect-builder James Coor. Remodeled c. 1875 -80. Georgian
interiors remain intact. (506 Craven St.)
60. Jerkins-Duffy House: c. 1830. Federal design; Greek Revival
elements inside. Note captain's walk and exposed faced chimneys.
(301 Johnson St.)
61. John D. Flanner House: c. 1855; enlarged c. 1880. Outstanding
example of Italianate style architecture. (305 Johnson St.)
62. Thomas Jerkins House: c. 1805-10. Federal style; remodeled in
1907 to current Colonial Revival form. (309 Johnson St.)
63. Foy-Munger House: c. 1881-82. Eclectic, Victorian house with
Queen Anne features combined with Italianate brackets and sawn
work. (516 Middle St.)
64. The Baptist Parsonage: c. 1884-1885, This center hall plan late
Victorian house served as the Baptist Parsonage until 1961.
(304 Johnson St.)
65. Charles L. Ives House: c. 1895. This Classical Revival detailed
with Queen Anne form house was built by a lumber magnate.
(308 Johnson St.)
66. W. B. Blades House: c. 1903. Elaborate Queen Anne house designed
by Herbert Woodley Simpson for lumber magnate W. B. Blades.
(602 Middle St.)
67. Thomas McLin House: c. 1810-15; moved in 1894. Federal style
cottage unique in New Bern for its strict symmetry and diminutive
scale. (507 Middle St.)
68. Edward Perry House: c. 1890; remodeled 1923. Distinguished by
six-sided corner tower and fine sawn work gable-end decoration.
(517 Middle St.)
69. Stanly-Allen House: c. 1810; enlarged c. 1843; remodeled c.
1891. John Carruthers Stanly, "one of the most prominent free
persons of color in New Bern", built the original Federal style
house. (405 Johnson St.)
70. Mortie M. Marks: c. 1891; enlarged 1905. Pressed tin, patterned
shingles, and diagonal sheathing embellish this many gabled
late Victorian dwelling. (407 Johnson St.)
71. John R. Green House (Presbyterian Manse): c. 1820; enlarged
c. 1895 & 1910. Built by Mr. Green, a prominent free African
American, the Federal sidehall house became the Presbyterian
Manse in 1841. (41 1 Johnson St.)
72. St. John's Masonic Lodge and Theatre: c. 1801-09. Built by St.
John's Lodge. Lodge room retains fine original Federal
woodwork. (516 Hancock St.)
73. 422 Johnson St.: c. 1830-1840. Late Federal and early Greek
Revival, small, working class dwelling has a one-story pent-roofed
closet lit by small windows between the chimneys.
74. 609, 611, 613 & 615 Hancock St.: Built between c. 1880 & 1900
these two-story frame houses were owned after the turn of the
century by Pepsi-Cola, which had a large plant at the corner of
Hancock and Johnson Sts.
75. Union Station: c. 1910. The Colonial Revival and Neo-Classical
Revival styles now stand sadly neglected though the building
reflects the success of the railroads that made New Bern' s growth
possible. (416 Queen St.)
76. Marshall Lane House: c. 1805-10. Remodeled 1850 by father of
John B. Lane, builder of present Craven County Courthouse.
(516 Johnson St.)
77. Coor-Cook House: Federal sidehall begun before 1796, but fine
interior woodwork not completed until 1822. (512 Hancock St.)
78. 517 Johnson St.: c. 1850; moved 1984. The transitional Greek Revival
and Italianate residence served as the public library and the
Christian Science Reading Room.
79. George H. White House: c.1890. Built by George H. White, a prominent
African American lawyer and U.S. Congressman 1897-1901. Late
Georgian or Federal structure with Victorian style architecture.
(519 Johnson St.)
80. John Louis Taylor Law Office: c. 1800-1810. Federal period office
was built for Mr. Taylor, judge and first Chief Justice of the
North Carolina Supreme Court. (519 Johnson St.)
81. Cedar Grove Cemetery: Begun by Christ Church in 1800, with many
earlier graves reinterred here. Cemetery transferred to the city
in 1853.
82. Palmer-Tisdale House: c. 1769. Georgian front section built by
Col. Robert Palmer, Purchased in 1776 by silversmith and patriot
William Tisdale. (520 New St.)
83. 620 New St.: c. 1800-1820 enlarged c. 1850; moved in 1986. This
vernacular frame building combines remnants of a Federal structure
with later Greek Revival additions and alterations.
84. 622 New Street: c. 1850-1870; enlarged 1890; moved 1984.
Originally a dependency to a large Italianate house on Broad Street,
it was one bay wide and two bays deep.
85. Clark House: Gambrel-roofed house built between c. 1795-1804.
(419 Metcalf St.)
86. Hawks House: Western part of this house is Georgian and dates from
the 1760's. East section is Federal and was added by Frances Hawks,
son of John Hawks, architect of Tryon Palace. (517 New St.)
87, Old Methodist Parsonage: c. 1810-20. remodeled 1850 & 1905. A
small Federal building was much altered during the 1840's when
Centenary Methodist Church was built next door and this became the
parsonage. In the early 1900's end chimneys were removed and a
central chimney and small portico were added. (507 New St.)
88. Stanly-Bishop House: c. 1900-10. Enlarged c. 1830-40 and 1920.
The original four bay wide,two-story with attic form, one room deep
house has been much altered. From 1815 to 1831, it was owned by
John Carruthers Stanly, one of New Bern's most prominent free
African Americans. (501 New St.)
89. Cutting Allen House:c. 1793.Transitional late Georgian early Federal
Period sidehall house with unusual flanking wings and large rear
ballroom. (518 New St.)
90. New Bern Academy.
91. Bell Building (New Bern Graded School): c. 1884-85. Designed by
nationally-famous architect Samuel Sloan; adaptively restored
as apartments.(517 Hancock St.)
92. Federal Building (a WPA Project): completed c. 1935. The courtroom
murals depict significant events in the history of New Bern.
(413 Middle St.)
93. Dr. Edward F. Smallwood House and Office: c. 1841-45.
Built by Eli Smallwood for his son, Dr. Edward F. Smallwood.
(501 & 505 Craven St.)
94. Coor-Gaston House: c. 1770; enlarged c. 1850. Fine Georgian home
built by architect-builder and patriot-statesman James Coor;
retains original woodwork. Purchased in 1818 by Judge William
Gaston, a brilliant orator, lawyer, member of Congress, State
Justice, and author of the state song. The house was the scene of
the founding of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church. (421 Craven St.)
95. Blackledge-Parsons House: c. 1770-1790; enlarged 1850 and 1895.
Evidence suggests the original house was a small narrow gable-front
house two-stories high with a central chimney. (424 Craven St.)
96. Craven County Court House: c. 1883. This imposing Second Empire
style building has a unique mansard roof with patterned, colored slates.
On the lawn is the Governor's Boulder, with bronze tablets in memory
of three governors from New Bern: Richard Dobbs Spaight;
Richard Dobbs Spaight,Jr.;and Abner Nash.(302 Broad St.)
97. Fireman's Museum.
98. Attmore-Oliver House; c. 1790; enlarged c. 1834 to present
appearance. Note the fine Greek Revival portico and two-story porches
at the rear. (513 Broad St.)
99. Attmore-Wadsworth House: c. 1855. Unusual one-story Italianate
style house; enlarged in the 20th century. (515 Broad St.)
100. Ulysses S. Mace House: c. 1884. One of the town's most elaborate
Italianate style houses; built for Ulysses S.Mace, a druggist.
(518 Broad St.)
101. William Hollister House:c.1840-41. Federal design; built
for a prosperous merchant who owned 14 ships. (613 Broad St.)
102. John L. Rhem House: c. 1850. House built for a wealthy landowner
who operated a turpentine distillery and steam sawmill; remodeled
1913-14. (701 Broad St.)
103. Major John Daves House: c. 1770. Georgian coastal cottage; home
of Revolutionary patriot. (313 George St.)
104. John Wright Stanly House.
105. John Chadwick House: c. 1795. Originally built as a small Georgian
cottage; enlarged and remodeled c. 1930-40. (712 Pollock St.)
106. Henry H. Harris House: c. 1800. Well preserved example of
vernacular Federal Period architecture. (718 Pollock St.)
107. Green-Wade House: c. 1780. Georgian style house; enlarged c. 1820.
(726 Pollock St.)
108. Federal Period Cottage: c. 1800-20. lt presents an unusual four
bay facade with central hall and pent roof closet by the chimney.
(309 Bern St.)
109. Anne Greene Lane House: c. 1805. Transitional late Georgian/early
Federal Period house; remodeled during the Victorian Period.
(804 Pollock St.)
110. Bryan Jones House: c. 1830-40. Large late Federal house built for
Bryan Jones, a butcher. (812 Pollock St.)
111. Silas Statham House: c. 1800-10. Small vernacular Federal cottage.
(816 Pollock St.)
112. Alston-Charlotte House: c. pre- 1770. One of our earliest surviving
structures. (823 Pollock St.)
113. All Saints Chapel: c. 1895. Carpenter Gothic style structure built
as a mission chapel by Christ Episcopal Church.
(809 Pollock St.)
114. Late 18th/early 19th-century vernacular workmen's cottages.
(803, 807, 819 and 826 Pollock St.)
115. Forbes House: c. 1760. Cottage became the attached wing of the
2 1/2- story sidehall house built c. 1790-1810.
(717 Pollock St.)
116. John Horner Hill House: c. 1770-80. Georgian period dwelling;
note rare use of nine-over-nine sash at first floor windows.
(713 Pollock St.)
117. Jones House: c. 1809. Federal dwelling. Emiline Pigott,
Confederate Spy, was imprisoned here by Federal troops during
the Civil War occupation of New Bern. (231 Eden St.)
118. Robert Hay House: c. 1810. The two-story-with-attic frame dwelling
displays an unusual sidehall, one room deep original configuration.
(227 Eden St.)
119. John P. Daves House: c. 1813. Moved c. 1955 from George St. site.
Federal sidehall plan design. (613 Pollock St.)
120. Dixon-Stevenson House.
121. Lehmann Duffy House: c. 1886-88. Italianate style. Currently used
as administration offices for Tryon Palace. (610 Pollock St.)
122. Civil War Museum.
123. Bryan House constructed 1803. Exceptional example of Federal
brick sidehall dwelling. Office built c. 1820 by U.S. Congressman
John Heritage Bryan. (605 Pollock St.)
124. Gothic Cottage: c. 1855-60. This dwelling retains some plastered
rooms, intricately sawn bargeboards and a pointed window with
original sash and diamond shaped panes. (Rear of 218 Metcalf St.)
125. Spaight House: c. 1770-80; remodeled and enlarged c. 1910. The
large 2 1/2-story Georgian structure, five bays wide with central
chimneys, originally faced the Trent River. (206-208 Metcalf St.)
126. Farmer's Market.
127. Charles Bates House (Benjamin Smith House): c. 1802-05. Flemish
bond brick work, Federal style townhouse stands high on full
raised basement with its own entrance. (210 Hancock St.)
128. Patrick Gordon House: c. 1771. Pre-Revolutionary gambrel roofed
Georgian house. (213 Hancock St.)
129. Fenner-Oliver House: c. 1890. Built by Richard Fenner, Deputy
Secretary of the Colonial Council under royal governor Arthur
Dobbs, the Georgian dwelling is mostly hidden beneath its late
nineteenth century changes. (217 Hancock St.)
130. Street-Ward House: c. 1882; remodeled c. 1925. The original house
combined a typical late Victorian, cross-gabled roof form with
unusual pedimented hoods over each window. (509 Pollock St)
131. Charles T. Watson House: c. 1882; remodeled c. 1915. The Italianate
style house interior finishes are among the most lavish of the
period. The monumental portico dates back to c. 1915.
(516 Pollock St.)
132. Edward R. Stanly House and Dependency: c. 1849. Greek Revival
style cast iron grills over windows are unusual. (502 Pollock St.)
133. Edward R. Stanly office and Quarters: c. 1850. One of the few
remaining brick dependencies, served for Mr. Stanly's work and
various household activities. (301 Hancock St.)
134. The Peoples Bank (Bank of the Arts): c. 1913. This former bank
building has been transformed into a repository for the arts.
(317 Middle St.)
135. Elks Temple: c. 1908. New Bern's tallest and most prominent
commercial building employs the classical Beaux Arts style.
(400 Pollock St.)
136. The Coplon Building: c. 1929; 0. Marks Building; c. 1915-16.
This building was adoptively rehabilitated to house offices
and shops. (233 Middle St.)
137. Hotel Albert: c. 1887. Described as "The Tourist's Palace"
the Albert assumed the status of the region's premier hostelry.
(226 Middle St.)
138. On this spot in his pharmacy, Caleb Bradham mixed up
"Brad's Drink" which he later patented as Pepsi Cola.
(254-256 Middle St.)
139. Cannon, muzzle down in sidewalk, was taken from the
British warship, Lady Blessington, during the Revolution
by one of John Wright Stanly's privateers. It has been used
as the benchmark or measuring point from New Bern.
140. "King's Chapel" Foundations of first Anglican/Episcopal church:
c. 1750.
141. Marker for the first printing press in the royal colony of
North Carolina.
142. Bust of Christopher De Graffenried, founder of New Bern, 1710.
143. New Bern Municipal Building: c. 1895-97. Originally used as the
U.S. Post Office, a Courthouse, and Customs House; tower added in
1910. Transferred to the city in 1936.
(Corner of Craven St. and Pollock St.)
144. Coor-Gaston Dependency: c. 1800. Law office of noted jurist, moved
and reconstructed 1949. (307 Craven St.)
145. Denby-Primrose House: c. 1844; remodeled c. 1940 - 1950.
Joshua Denby, a bricklayer, constructed this compact Greek Revival
townhouse. (318 Craven St.)
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