Eli Smallwood House

Eli Smallwood House
Eli Smallwood House, September 2012
Location 524 E. Front St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°6′39″N 77°2′11″W / 35.11083°N 77.03639°W / 35.11083; -77.03639Coordinates: 35°6′39″N 77°2′11″W / 35.11083°N 77.03639°W / 35.11083; -77.03639
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built c. 1810 (1810)
Built by Dewey, John
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 72000948[1]
Added to NRHP December 5, 1972

Eli Smallwood House is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 2 1/2-story, side-hall plan, Federal style brick town house. It features hand carved ornament on the main cornice, the porches, and the dormer. It was the home of Congressmen Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891) and his son Charles R. Thomas (1861–1931) from 1873 to 1925.[2]

"Smallwood-Ward" house, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930

It was 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 (May 1972). "Eli Smallwood House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.


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