New Bern Municipal Building
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New Bern Municipal Building
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New Bern Municipal Building, April 2010
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| Location | Pollock and Craven Sts., New Bern, North Carolina |
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| Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
| Built | 1897 |
| Architect | Kemper, Charles E.; Aiken, William Martin |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP Reference # | 73001326[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
New Bern Municipal Building, also known as the United States Post Office, 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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]
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Categories:
- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
- Romanesque Revival architecture in North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1897
- Buildings and structures in New Bern, North Carolina
- National Register of Historic Places in Craven County, North Carolina
- Eastern North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
