Bath Historic District (Bath, North Carolina)

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Bath Historic District
Main south of Carteret, Bath.jpg
Commercial buildings on Main Street
LocationBounded by Bath Creek, North Carolina Highway 92, and King St., Bath, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°28′33″N76°48′50″W / 35.47583°N 76.81389°W / 35.47583; -76.81389
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1730 (1730)
NRHP reference No. 70000437 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 26, 1970

Bath Historic District is a historic district in Bath, Beaufort County, North Carolina. The district is now a North Carolina Historic Site belonging to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and known as Historic Bath, and includes a visitor center offering guided tours of the Bonner House and Palmer-Marsh House, which is also a National Historic Landmark. Visitors can also tour the Van der Veer House and St. Thomas Episcopal Church. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. J. G. Zehmer and John B. Wells (September 1970). "Bath Historic District" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.