Central Elementary School (New Bern, North Carolina)

Central Elementary School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The first academy building, September 2012
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Location	311-313 New St. and 517 Hancock St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°06′37″N77°02′29″W / 35.1103°N 77.0415°W / 35.1103; -77.0415
Area	7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built	1806 (1806)
Architect	James Coor, Mr. Carroll
NRHP reference No.	72000938 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 20, 1972

The second academy building, September 2012

Central Elementary School is a pair of historic school buildings in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. The First New Bern Academy is located on New Street and was built about 1806. It is a two-story, Flemish bond brick building with a hipped roof and two interior ridge chimneys. It features a semicircular tetrastyle entrance porch with Tuscan order columns and a roof cupola. It has a rear addition dated to the late-19th century. The Second New Bern Academy was built in 1884 to replace the previous building. ^[2] The buildings retained their educational functions until 1971. The 1806 building now houses a museum, while the 1884 building has been converted into apartments. ^[3]

The buildings were 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. July 9, 2010.
2. Survey Planning Unit Staff (July 1971). "Central Elementary School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
3. Farmer, Vina Hutchinson (2007). New Bern. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN   9780738552729 . Retrieved October 29, 2016.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-280, " First Academy, New Street at Hancock, New Bern, Craven County, NC ", 2 photos