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. The Baxter Clock, a clock tower, is in the square outside. It became the municipal building in 1936.[3]
New Bern Municipal Building | |
.jpg) New Bern Municipal Building, April 2010 | |
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| Location | 300 Pollock St., New Bern, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′25″N 77°2′19″W / 35.10694°N 77.03861°W |
| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Charles E. Kemper, William Martin Aiken |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001326[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "New Bern, North Carolina (1897)". Federal Justice Center. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ^ 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.