The New Bern Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at

New Bern New Bern, formerly called Newbern, is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 29,524, which had risen to an estimated 29,994 as of 2019. It is the county seat of Craven County and t ...

Craven County, North Carolina Craven County is located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 100,720. Its county seat is New Bern. The county was created in 1705 as Archdale Precinct from the now-extinct Bath County. It was renamed ...

. the district contained 492 contributing structures with construction dates ranging from the early 1800s to the mid-20th century. The district contains notable examples of buildings in the

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and Late Victorian styles. It was listed on the

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in 1973, with boundary expansions in 2003 and 2016.

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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Federal architecture in North Carolina Victorian architecture in North Carolina Geography of Craven County, North Carolina Buildings and structures in New Bern, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Craven County, North Carolina {{CravenCountyNC-NRHP-stub

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