Harvey Mansion
Harvey Mansion is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1793, and is a three-story, brick dwelling with an exposed basement.[2] The house was built by John Harvey who used it as a residential home and also for commercial space. The Harvey was a multi-purpose building for hundreds of years since it was first erected. Throughout its lifetime The Harvey has been an apartment house, boarding school, military academy, and temporary barracks for elements of the Union Army and was the original home of what is now Craven Community College.[3]
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 Harvey Mansion, 2006 | |
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| Location | 219 Tryon Palace Dr., New Bern, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°6′16″N 77°2′17″W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | c. 1810 |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000574[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 1971 |
It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Survey Planning Unit Staff (September 1971). "Harvey Mansion" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
- Ghosts of New Bern by Joseph and Joyce O'Callahan
External links
- Harvey Mansion website
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NC-282, "Harvey House, 219 Tryon Palace Drive, New Bern, Craven County, NC", 1 photo
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