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New Bern Municipal Building

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Built
  
1897 (1897)

Opened
  
1897

Architectural style
  
Romanesque architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
73001326

Area
  
3,200 m²

Added to NRHP
  
4 June 1973

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Location
  
Pollock and Craven Sts., New Bern, North Carolina

Similar
  
Tryon Palace, Craven Regional Medical, New Bern Firemen's Museum, New Bern Civic Theatre, North Carolina History C

New Bern Municipal Building is a historic municipal building located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1897, and 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. It features a bulky outsized square clock tower with a pyramidal roof. It was constructed under the direction of the Office of the Supervising Architect to serve as a United States Post Office, Courthouse, and Customs House. It became the municipal building in 1936.

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

References

New Bern Municipal Building Wikipedia


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