New Bern Municipal Building | |
![]() New Bern Municipal Building, April 2010 | |
Location | 300 Pollock St., New Bern, North Carolina |
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Coordinates | 35°6′25″N 77°2′19″W / 35.10694°N 77.03861°W |
Area | 0.8 acres (0.32 ha) |
Built | 1897 |
Architect | Charles E. Kemper, William Martin Aiken |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 73001326[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 4, 1973 |
City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was originally built in 1897 by the federal government to house a post office, federal courthouse, and custom house.[2] It is a 3+1⁄2-story, brick and granite building with a 2+1⁄2-story wing in the Romanesque Revival style. The building has hipped roofs with dormers. The Baxter Clock, a clock tower, is in the square outside. It became the municipal building in 1936.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1]