First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard

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]

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
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1820
Architect	Uriah Sandy, Daniel D. Merrill
NRHP reference No.	72000942[1]
Added to NRHP	February 1, 1972

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.^[1]

References

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

External links

Media related to First Presbyterian Church, New Bern at Wikimedia Commons

• 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