New Bern City Hall Explained

New Bern Municipal Building
Location:300 Pollock St.,
New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1069°N -77.0386°W
Architect:Charles E. Kemper, William Martin Aiken
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:June 4, 1973
Refnum:73001326

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.[1] It is a -story, brick and granite building with a -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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Bern, North Carolina (1897). Federal Justice Center. January 10, 2018.
  2. Web site: Survey Planning Unit Staff. New Bern Municipal Building. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1972. pdf . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.