First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard
First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard | |
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| Location | New St. between Middle and Hancock Sts., New Bern, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′35″N 77°2′25″W / 35.10972°N 77.04028°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1820 |
| Architect | Uriah Sandy, Daniel D. Merrill |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000942[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 1, 1972 |
First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard is a historic Presbyterian church on New Street between Middle and Hancock Streets in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1820, and is a rectangular frame church building with two tiers of windows. It features a tetrastyle pedimented Ionic order portico and projecting four stage tower topped by an arcaded octagonal belfry.[2] During the Civil War, the church was converted into a military hospital by the Union forces.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (September 1971). "First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 114.
External links
Media related to First Presbyterian Church, New Bern at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-12-F-1, "First Presbyterian Church, New & Middle Streets, New Bern, Craven County, NC", 7 photos, 6 measured drawings, 3 data pages
