Harvey Mansion is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1793, and is a three-story, brick dwelling with an exposed basement.[2] The house was built by John Harvey who used it as a residential home and also for commercial space. The Harvey was a multi-purpose building for hundreds of years since it was first erected. Throughout its lifetime The Harvey has been an apartment house, a family owned restaurant, boarding school, military academy, and temporary barracks for elements of the Union Army and was the original home of what is now Craven Community College.[3]
Harvey Mansion | |
 Harvey Mansion, 2006 | |
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| Location | 219 Tryon Palace Dr., New Bern, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′16″N 77°2′17″W / 35.10444°N 77.03806°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1810 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000574[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1971 |
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey Planning Unit Staff (September 1971). "Harvey Mansion" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- ^ Ghosts of New Bern by Joseph and Joyce O'Callahan
External links
edit- Harvey Mansion website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-282, "Harvey House, 219 Tryon Palace Drive, New Bern, Craven County, NC", 1 photo