Central Elementary School (New Bern, North Carolina)

Central Elementary School
The first academy building, September 2012
Location 311-313 New St. and 517 Hancock St.,
New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°06′37″N 77°02′29″W / 35.1103°N 77.0415°W / 35.1103; -77.0415Coordinates: 35°06′37″N 77°02′29″W / 35.1103°N 77.0415°W / 35.1103; -77.0415
Area 7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built 1806 (1806)
Architect James Coor, Mr. Carroll
NRHP reference # 72000938[1]
Added to NRHP January 20, 1972
The second academy building, September 2012

Central Elementary School is a pair of historic school buildings in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. The First New Bern Academy is located on New Street and was built about 1806. It is a two-story, brick building with a hipped roof and two interior ridge chimneys. It features a semicircular tetrastyle entrance porch with Tuscan order columns and a roof cupola. It has a rear addition dated to the late-19th century. The Second New Bern Academy was built in 1884 to replace the previous building.[2] The buildings retained their educational functions until 1971. The 1806 building now houses a museum, while the 1884 building has been converted into apartments.[3]

The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Survey Planning Unit Staff (July 1971). "Central Elementary School" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
  3. ↑ Farmer, Vina Hutchinson (2007). New Bern. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. Retrieved October 29, 2016.


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