Cedar Street Recreation Center

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Cedar Street Recreation Center
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Cedar Street Recreation Center, May 2013
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Location822 Cedar St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°6′44″N77°2′47″W / 35.11222°N 77.04639°W / 35.11222; -77.04639 Coordinates: 35°6′44″N77°2′47″W / 35.11222°N 77.04639°W / 35.11222; -77.04639
Arealess than one acre
Built1948 (1948)-1952
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No. 03000802 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 2003

Cedar Street Recreation Center, also known as the Jasper G. Hayes Omega Center, is a historic community center building located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It was built between 1948 and 1952, and is located in a historically African-American section of New Bern. It consists of a one-story, 110-foot-by-91-foot, concrete-block main block with a 30-foot-by-91-foot wing. The building is in the Modern style. It was initially used as a recreational center and basketball arena for the African-American youth of the community and later as a venue for neighborhood gatherings and social events. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Beth Keane (January 2003). "Cedar Street Recreation Center" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.