Ebenezer Presbyterian Church (New Bern, North Carolina)

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Ebenezer Presbyterian Church
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Location720 Bern St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°6′42″N77°2′46″W / 35.11167°N 77.04611°W / 35.11167; -77.04611
Arealess than one acre
Built1924
ArchitectSutton, H.F.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
MPS Historic African American Churches in Craven County MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000573 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 30, 1997

Ebenezer Presbyterian Church is a historic African-American Presbyterian church at 720 Bern Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a small brick Late Gothic Revival-style church building. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. M. Ruth Little (January 1997). "Ebenezer Presbyterian Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.