Central Elementary School (New Bern, North Carolina)

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, 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]

Central Elementary School
The first academy building, September 2012
Location311-313 New St. and 517 Hancock St.,
New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates35.1103°N 77.0415°W / 35.1103; -77.0415
Area7 acres (2.8 ha)
Built1806 (1806)
ArchitectJames Coor, Mr. Carroll
NRHP reference No.72000938[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 1972
The second academy building, September 2012

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 2014-08-01.
  3. Farmer, Vina Hutchinson (2007). New Bern. Arcadia Publishing. p. 67. ISBN 9780738552729. Retrieved October 29, 2016.


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