New Bern City Hall

New Bern Municipal Building
New Bern Municipal Building, April 2010
Location 300 Pollock St.,
New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°6′25″N 77°2′19″W / 35.10694°N 77.03861°W / 35.10694; -77.03861Coordinates: 35°6′25″N 77°2′19″W / 35.10694°N 77.03861°W / 35.10694; -77.03861
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1897 (1897)
Architect Charles E. Kemper, William Martin Aiken
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP reference # 73001326[1]
Added to NRHP June 4, 1973

City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was originally built in 1897 by the federal government to house a post office, federal courthouse, and custom house.[2] It is a 3 1/2-story, brick and granite building with a 2 1/2-story wing in the Romanesque Revival style. The building has hipped roofs with dormers and features a bulky outsized square clock tower with a pyramidal roof. It became the municipal building in 1936.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "New Bern, North Carolina (1897)". Federal Justice Center. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ↑ Survey Planning Unit Staff (April 1972). "New Bern Municipal Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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