Eli Smallwood House

Eli Smallwood House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Eli Smallwood House, September 2012
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Location	524 E. Front St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°6′39″N77°2′11″W / 35.11083°N 77.03639°W / 35.11083; -77.03639
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	c. 1810 (1810)
Built by	Dewey, John
Architectural style	Federal
NRHP reference No.	72000948 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 5, 1972

Eli Smallwood House is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, side-hall plan, Federal-style brick town house. It features hand carved ornaments on the main cornice, the porches, and the dormer. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. It was the home of Congressmen Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891) and his son Charles R. Thomas (1861–1931) from 1873 to 1925. ^[2]

"Smallwood-Ward" house, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930

It was 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 (May 1972). "Eli Smallwood House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-12-F-4, " Smallwood-Jones House, 524 East Front Street, New Bern, Craven County, NC ", 7 photos, 9 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page