Gibbs House is a historic home located at Beaufort,

Carteret County, North Carolina Carteret County ( or )Talk Like a Tarheel
, from the North Carol ...

. It was built about 1851, and is a two-story, five bay by four bay, nearly square

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

style dwelling. It features a two-tier porch with four paneled posts. The house was used in the 1880s by marine scientists from the

Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University (often abbreviated as Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Founded in 1876 based on the European research institution model, J ...

. The Johns Hopkins Seaside Laboratory operated here for some ten years, probably the first school of marine biology in the United States. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

in 1973.

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Johns Hopkins University Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Greek Revival houses in North Carolina Houses completed in 1851 Houses in Carteret County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Carteret County, North Carolina 1851 establishments in North Carolina {{CarteretCountyNC-NRHP-stub