First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard

First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard
Location New St. between Middle and Hancock Sts., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°6′35″N 77°2′25″W / 35.10972°N 77.04028°W / 35.10972; -77.04028Coordinates: 35°6′35″N 77°2′25″W / 35.10972°N 77.04028°W / 35.10972; -77.04028
Area 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built 1820
Architect Sandy, Uriah; Merrill, Daniel D.
NRHP reference # 72000942[1]
Added to NRHP February 01, 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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.
  3. Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 114.


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