Bellair (New Bern, North Carolina)

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Bellair
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Bellair Plantation, 1936
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LocationW of New Bern off SR 1401, near New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°10′50″N77°7′19″W / 35.18056°N 77.12194°W / 35.18056; -77.12194
Area8 acres (3.2 ha)
Builtc. 1763 (1763)
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 72000933 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 25, 1972

Bellair is a historic plantation house located near New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1792 (verified by dendrochronology), and is a two-story, seven-bay, central hall plan Georgian style brick dwelling. It sits on a high basement and has a three-bay, central projecting pavilion. [2]

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

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Survey Planning Unit Staff (n.d.). "Bellair" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.