First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard

	First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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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°WCoordinates: 35°6′35″N 77°2′25″W / 35.10972°N 77.04028°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1820
Architect	Uriah Sandy, Daniel D. Merrill
NRHP reference No.	72000942
Added to NRHP	February 1, 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[]

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

External links[]

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-12-F-1, "First Presbyterian Church, New & Middle Streets, New Bern, Craven County, NC", 7 photos, 6 measured drawings, 3 data pages

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpinv-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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