STATE:

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

(July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
North Carolina
COUNTY:

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

Crave n
INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
ENTRY NUMBER,
(Type all entries — complete applicable sections)
1. NAME

The Bryan House ^nd O f f i c e

AN D' OR HIS T O R I C:
DEC ^ 6 1971
2. LOCATION
STREET ANC NUMBER:

60^ Kr 60^ Pollop.k s t r e e t

CITY OR TOWN:

New B e m ( F i r . q t Cnngressi nna1 FH . q t r i n t , Thn Hon. W a l t e r B. Jones)

COUNTY;

• North .'Carolina. 37 Craven

3. CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE
OWNERSHIP STATUS
(Check One) TO THE PUBLIC

• District ( 3 ; Building • Public Public Acquisition: {CI Occupied Yes:

• Site Q Structure E Privote [ I In Process i I Unoccupied • Restricted
• Both 1 I Being Considered I I Unrestricted
• Object I I Preservotion work
i n progress S No
PRESEN T USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

I 1 Agricultural Government • Pork I I Tronsportotion I 1 Comments

( 1 Commerciol 1 1 Industrial Private Residence • Other (Specify)
[ ) Educational • Militory ( ) Religious
[ I Entertainment 1 ! Museum [ I Scientific
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f4. OWNER O F P R O P E R T Y
OWNER'S NAME;

Charles H . and Jane A s h f o r d

STREET AND NUMBER:

UJ 605 P o l l o c k S t r e e t
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CITY OR TOWN: STATE:
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New Bern North Carolina 37
5. L O C A T t O N OF L E G A L DESCRIPTION D
COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS. E T C :

Craven County Courthouse

STREET AND NUMBER:
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300 Broad S t r e e t 3
CITY OR TOWN: STATE

New Bern North 'Carolina 37

6. R E P R E S E N T A T I O N IN EXISTING SURVEYS
TITLE OF SURVEY:
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STREET AND NUMBER:

CITY OR TOWN:
7, DESCRIPTION
(Check One)
^ Excellent • Good Q Fair • Deteriorated • Ruins • Unexposed
CONDITION
("Check O n e ; (Check One)
^ Altered • Unaltered 53 Moved • O r i g i n a l Site
DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

New Bern's f i v e s u r v i v i n g b r i c k si_de-hall plan houses bear a s t r i k i n g

resemblance t o each other, y e t each demonstrates the seemingly i n f i n i t e
v a r i a t i o n o f d e t a i l t h a t was possible t o achieve w i t h the Federal s t y l e .
The Bryan House i s one o f t h a t e l i t e group of houses. I t carries the
d i s t i n c t i o n of being the only survivor which had a detached o f f i c e . (The
Judge Donnell House and o f f i c e shared that d i s t i n c t i o n u n t i l I969 when f i r e
struck the house; however, the o f f i c e was spared.) Also u n l i k e the others,
the Bryan house evidences two s t y l i s t i c periods—that dating from i t s con-
s t r u c t i o n and t h a t from the c i r c a I8UO enlargement and renovation, plus a
series of m o d i f i c a t i o n s and embellishments t h a t speak eloquently of i t s l i f e
span. The e a r l y nineteenth-century o f f i c e introduces y e t another s t y l e of
trim.

The Bryan House i s a t w o - a n d - a - h a l f - s t o r y s i d e - h a l l - p l a n b r i c k dwelling

raised above a f u l l basement. The b r i c k both above and below the molded t/1

water table i s l a i d i n Flemish bond. The ridge of the gable roof of t h i s m

s t r u c t u r e i s p a r a l l e l to the s t r e e t ; the roof has on the f r o n t and rear •
m
t w i n pedimented dormers. Three bays wide and f o u r bays deep, the Bryan
House has i t s entrance i n the east bay of the f r o n t (north) facade. The
doorway, entrance porch, and steps are most d e l i c a t e and appealing. Twen- z
t i e t h century sandstone steps beginning w i t h a c u r t a i l are cordoned on eithek"
side by an i r o n balustrade w i t h brass f i n i a l s . The porch, a standard f e a t u r j
H
of the New Bern b r i c k s i d e - h a l l houses, ' i s coitposed of coiipled colonettes
which support an open pediment. A cornice of undercut m o d i l l i o n s between :o
a band of gouge work above and a bold cable molding below c a r r i e s around c=
the pediment and around the base of the arched s o f f i t . Gouge work also n
appears i n the colonnette c a p i t a l s and i n the l i n t e l above the door. The
entrance features a six-panel door surmounted by a transom i n vftiich t h i n
woocJen members i n i m i t a t i o n of leading have been used t o create a f a n l i g h t
p a t t e r n . The two bottom panels o f the door are f l u s h and the f o u r upper, o
f l a t - p a n e l e d ; the f i e l d of each panel i s o u t l i n e d w i t h an a d d i t i o n a l applied z
s t r i p of molding. Panaled t o match the door, the reveals and s o f f i t completb
t h i s c a r e f u l l y worked entrance.

An elaborate wood cornice of undercut m o d i l l i o n s and d e n t i l s runs acros

the f r o n t and rear facades and continues along the angles of gable ends,
r e t u r n i n g only s l i g h t l y . A l l window openings and dormers on the facade and
the east side are f i l l e d w i t h s i x - o v e r - s i x sash and are surmounted by f l a t
arches of rubbed and gauged b r i c k . There have been some adjustments i n the
size of the openings on the rear and west sides. A product of the c i r c a
18J4O changes, the two f i r s t - f l o o r windows on the f r o n t facade are longer
and have granite s i l l s rather than wooden ones. Bold c a s t - i r o n g r i l l e s
the lower p o r t i o n of these two openings; the g r i l l e s are e s p e c i a l l y
j^andsbnfe-^and feature s t y l i z e d f o l i a t e d shafts supported on palmetto l y r e s
" w i t h palmettoes. During the middle decades of the t w e n t i e t h
c i r c a I8U0 frame wing at the rear of the house was restored
I n a l f u n c t i o n as a d i n i n g room and a k i t c h e n added to the rear
us forming the present c o n f i g u r a t i o n .
Form IO-3OO0 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
(July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
North 'Carolina
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC P L A C E S COUNTY

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7. A
On the f i r s t f l o o r , evidences o f the period o f construction (l803-l806)
are most apparent i n the h a l l , the two adjacent rooms having been "modernized"
about 18[|.0. The h a l l i s f i n i s h e d w i t h p l a s t e r w a l l s above a f l a t - p a n e l e d
dado bounded by a molded chair r a i l and baseboard. Ihe wooden cornice i s also
molded. The transverse arch which divides the h a l l , probably the most elabor-
a t e l y worked of a l l those found i n New Bem, i s c a r r i e d on stop-flut@d:~pilas-
t e r s , the caps of which are treated w i t h pierced gouge work. Both, the s o f f i t
of the arch and the spandrels are paneled, and the keystone i s fl^S^H[p^^^^!^
p i e r c e d . Rising immediately behind the arch, the g r a c e f u l s t a i r t e s t i f i e s
to the a b i l i t y of M a r t i n Stevenson, as i t s craftsman. I t featMM^idiafiyflte
square i n section which carry a ramped rounded h a n d r a i l . 0n ' f t B c u r t a i l ste
the h a n d r a i l and balusters e n c i r c l e a tapered newel. Wav^. patt^ji^i'
of a design ^ p a r e n t l y unique i n New Bem, adorn each step^^ Thq;|fllt8fl£§
the h a n d r a i l i s followed on the opposite w a l l by a c o n t i n u a t i i ^ , o f Ihe
wainscot. Of the two windows which l i g h t the f i r s t l a n d i n g , o4li?rp?^f6l)A*fat
on the east side, has paneled i n t e r i o r box s h u t t e r s .

The f r o n t and rear p a r l o r s were stripped of most of t h e i r Federal element

and given Greek Revival t r i m . Symmetrically molded architraves w i t h roundel
comer blocks were used t o surround a l l doors and windows, although the
paneled reveals and s o f f i t s o f the two f r o n t p a r l o r side windows were l e f t
i n t a c t . B e a u t i f u l doors, each having two v e r t i c a l panels and s i l v e r knobs
and escutcheons, replaced the e a r l i e r ones. Both p a r l o r s have white marble
mantels, l h a t i n the f r o n t room i s the most ornate and features a roiind-arch
opening w i t h an acanthus keystone. Carved clusters of grapes on vines f i l l
the spandrels. The simpler mantel i n the rear p a r l o r has a Tudor-arch opening
w i t h t r e f o i l spandrels above. This mantel was removed from the rear a d d i t i o n
and s u b s t i t u t e d f o r the black marble mantel formerly i n the rear p a r l o r . The
c e i l i n g of each room features an elaborate p l a s t e r medallion from which gas
chandeliers hung u n t i l r e c e n t l y . During the ownership of the l a t e Dr. C. H.
Ashford, some f l a v o r o f the Federal period was r e i n s t a t e d i n the house by the
addition o f arched bookshelves against the east w a l l of the rear p a r l o r and
the remodeling o f the d i n i n g room.

The second and t h i r d f l o o r s of the James Bryan House were l e f t untouched

during the raid-nineteenth century r e s t o r a t i o n . Two t w e n t i e t h century a l t e r a -
t i o n s , the creation of a bathroora i n the f r o n t p o r t i o n of the h a l l and a
closet f o r each of the bedrooras, have adapted the Tiouse f o r modern l i v i n g .
The f r o n t bedroom i s f i n i s h e d w i t h plastered w a l l s , a molded chair r a i l and
baseboard, arri s i x - p a n e l doors. I t contains a w e l l - d e t a i l e d Adamesque mantel
supported on f l u t e d p i l a s t e r s . The architrave above the marble surround,
and the p i l a s t e r caps are treated w i t h pierced gouge work. A cable molding
and a band of scallops appear between the architrave and f r i e z e . The center
t a b l e t and end blocks are carved w i t h sunbursts, and the whole f r i e z e i s
surmounted by a pierced d e n t i l course w i t h cornice shelf above. A band
of cable molding adorns the broken s h e l f .
Form 10.300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE
(July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
North Carolina
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC P L A C E S COUNTY

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I d e n t i c a l t r i m appears i n the rear bedroom, except t h a t the mantel i s
less elaborate. I t i s svfjported on p l a i n p i l a s t e r s and w i t h the exception
of a d e n t i l course i n the cornice s h e l f , i t i s unadorned. The treatment of
the wainscot i n the second-floor h a l l echoes t h a t found i n the h a l l below;
i t terminates at the s t a i r to the a t t i c .

The f i n i s h of the a t t i c corresponds t o Bryan's i n s t r u c t i o n s to Stevenson

f o r " f i n i s h i n g the g a r r o t , i n p l a i n manner w i t h f o u r dormant windows and
f o u r p l a i n windows, p a r t i t i o n e d o f f i n t o three small roomes and an e n t r y , one
of said roomes w i t h chimney peace. . . . " A c t u a l l y Stevenson only i n s t a l l e d
three " p l a i n windows," but otherwise the d e s c r i p t i o n i s accurate. Chair r a i l s
which are beaded on the bottom and half-round on the t o p , beaded baseboards,
and p l a s t e r dados are used c o n s i s t a n t l y i n the a t t i c . Board and batten doors
hung w i t h HL hinges appear throughout and the "chimney peace" i s quite p l a i n ,
having only a molded surround, coved entablature and molded s h e l f .

The frame one-story o f f i c e t o the east, although/now fio^||^d Uf^he

house by a covered passage, o r i g i n a l l y was detached. ^' Raised on fe-^o\ihfl»tion
of b r i c k l a i d i n o n e - t o - f i v e common bond, the o f f i c e i s ogg^jTCt? oy a ^aip.e
r o o f , the end o f which faces the s t r e e t , and has a c^ntraL interi(jip_. ch; e y .
Two bays deep and three bays wide, the o f f i c e i s beaiiitifuller ^^itoBetgriG^l
w i t h a c e n t r a l entrance f l a n k e d by p i l a s t e r s which carry an'x>j^eiT p e ^ a ^ n t .
The six-panel door, t r e a t e d i n t y p i c a l New Bem Federal\/a5hion J i i ^ ^ T l u s h
bottom panels and f l a t panels above, i s enframed by a thi^-qtilatStfsVround
engaged s t r i p which encloses a b l i n d l u n e t t e above, A cube accented by a
recessed square panel w i t h indented corners occurs at each springing p o i n t
of the arch and at i t s apex. V e r t i c a l oval sunbursts ^ p e a r on the end
blocks below the pediment and i n the center of the b l i n d l u n e t t e . Iramediatel;"
below the l u n e t t e , connecting the irtpost cubes, i s a band of t i n y i n c i s e d ogee
arches. This band, rendered on a somewhat l a r g e r scale, i s used below the
comice which runs down the sides of the o f f i c e . A l l of the o r i g i n a l window
openings are f i l l e d w i t h n i n e - o v e r - s i x sash and surrounded by the sane three-
quarter-round engaged band. Ihe o f f i c e was extended to the rear i n the raid-
t w e n t i e t h century to serve Dr. Ashford's raedical p r a c t i c e .

The syrametry of the e x t e r i o r serves as an i n t r o d u c t i o n to the i n t e r i o r .

The two rooms are back t o back, each w i t h a centered f i r e opening. I n the
f r o n t room, a s i r p l e Adamesque nan t e l w i t h f l u t e d . p i l a s t e r s , pierced gouge
work i n the architrave and caps, and a denticulated broken s h e l f i s set
between a six-panel door and a book case. Both the doorway and the bookcase
are framed by the three-quarter-round engaged s t r i p and repeat the treatment
of the main entrance. The only d i f f e r e n c e occurs i n the ogee band, which
i n t h i s case has an acorn pendant on each p o i n t . A sin^jle raolded chair r a i l
and baseboard couplete the i n t e r i o r f i n i s h . Ihe rear room i s unadorned ex-
cept f o r the mantel, which i s extremely simple. Ihe f i r e opening i s surround
by a raolded a r c h i t r a v e ; above i t p l a i n end blocks support a raolded s h e l f .
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7. C
Along the west w a l l of the rear room a curious feature occurs. I t i s a
wide raolded arch w i t h keystone which springs frora paneled p i l a s t e r s . Dr.
Ashford f i l l e d i n the center of the archway when he was renovating; however,
i t i s s t i l l quite an obvious feature of the w a l l . I t i s possible that the
arch was b u i l t a f t e r the o f f i c e had been completed and wee arranged w i t h
shelves t o serve as an a d d i t i o n a l bookcase.
 SIGNIFICANCE
PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate)
I I Pre.Columbian ! 0 16th C e n t u r y • 18th C e n t u r y • 20th C e n t u r y

• 15th C e n t u r y • 17th C e n t u r y 3 19th C e n t u r y

SPECIFIC DATEls) (11 Applicable and Known)

AREAS OF SI GNl FIC ANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

Abor iginol 1 I Education • Political I i Urbon Planning

[ I Prehistoric 3 Engineering • Religion/Phi. • Other (Specily)

• Historic [ I Industry losophy
\ 1 Agriculture 1 I Invention I I Science
[^^ Architecture 1 I Landscape I I Sculpture
• Art Archi tecture I I Social/Human-
I I Commerce I I Literature itorion
] Communications • Militory I I Theater
I 1 Conservotion • Music I 1 Transportation

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Construction of the Bryan House, which stands on the grounds o f the

o r i g i n a l Tryon Palace, was not possible u n t i l a f t e r 1798. The palace
bumed i n t h a t year, and the North Carolina General Asserably enacted legis-
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l a t i o n a u t h o r i z i n g the sale o f the palace b r i c k , the extension of (jeorge
Street through the palace s i t e , and the sale of l o t s i n the two new blocks
created by the breakup of the palace grounds. A survey of the area was
accorrplished, and i n I8OI James Bryan acquired Lot 6l3 frora E l i z a b e t h
I-
B a r t l e t t . She had purchased the property at the p u b l i c auction of the
palace l o t s f o l l o w i n g the survey.
U

Bryan was a prominent New Bem merchant engaged i n trade w i t h the

o: 'West Indies and w i t h American coastal c i t i e s . Soon a f t e r h i s purchase of
H the l o t , he contracted w i t h Martin Stevenson, S r . , f o r the construction of
a b r i c k dwelling on the l o t . Stevenson's o r i g i n s and t r a i n i n g are not
known, but his career covered a long period of time, beginning before
1803 when he undertook the c o n s t m c t i o n of the Bryan house, and ending i n
1831 when he announced i n the Newborn Spectator f o r January l5
UJ
Ml Martin Stevenson, Sen. - The Subscriber, having declined
carrying on the House Carpenters and Joiners business i n
Newbem f o r the present, r e t u m s h i s sincere thanks f o r the
very l i b e r a l encouragement he has received from h i s f r i e n d s
and the c i t i z e n s g e n e r a l l y .

Stevenson's contract w i t h Bryan contains few s p e c i f i c s , but itemizes

the days spent i n work on the house between September 12, 18O3, and August,
I8OI;. The agreement states

That the said James Bryan promises and agrees to pay .>iCy
the said Stevenson the sum of One D o l l a r and Twenty
Five Cents a day f o r every day t h a t he works on said'jg^O^':?.^- 01
Bryan's b u i l d i n g , and also the f u r t h e r sura of f i f t y
cents a day f o r h i s boy, Stephen, and i t i s f i i r t h e r
understood by the parties t h a t the said Stevenson i s -o.-"'
t o f i n i s h the house or so rauch thereof frora tirae to time,
as the said Bryan may t h i n k proper to have f i n i s h e d .

Only one s p e c i f i c item i s included i n the accounts, and t h a t i s f o r the

f i n i s h i n g of the s t a i r and a t t i c . Although the contract does not indicate
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whether Stevenson supplied the design f o r the b u i l d i n g or n o t , i t does estab-
l i s h h i s execution of the f i n i s h i n g elements. At l e a s t f i v e other houses were
b u i l t i n New Bern i n the same era, a l l of thera having s u b s t a n t i a l l y the same
design and f i n i s h as the Bryan House. The Judge Donnell House has been d e s t r c ^ d ,
but the J a r v i s , anallwood, Isaac Taylor, and Smith-Bryan houses survive,

T r a d i t i o n a l l y the house was not conpleted u n t i l a f t e r Jaraes Bryan's death

e a r l y i n I8O6, but M a r t i n Stevenson's accounts do not appear to bear t h a t out
Before August 30, iBOi;, Bryan paid Stevenson and h i s helper f o r k^2 days of
work on h i s house. A f t e r t h a t date Stevenson b i l l e d Bryan f o r the f i n i s h i n g
of the upper s t a i r and a t t i c . There would seem t o be l i t t l e reason to f i n i s h
the upper s t a i r and a t t i c i f the r e s t o f the house had not already been
conpleted and U52 work days would seem adequate tirae f o r at l e a s t two c r a f t s -
raen t o have f i n i s h e d the task. The Stevenson account w i t h Bryan " f o r work
done on h i s b r i c k b u i l d i n g , " was s e t t l e d by Bryan's widow and the estate
adrainistrator on Septeraber 13j 18O6. I t i s therefore reasonable to assume
t h a t the house was f i n i s h e d before Bryan's death, and indeed i t seeras the
f i r s t two f l o o r s were f i n i s h e d before August 30, 18OI4..

The house passed frora Mrs. Bryan t o a son, John Herritage Bryan. He
graduated from the U n i v e r s i t y of North Carolina i n l 8 l 5 j earriecTliis M.A. degree
frora the same u n i v e r s i t y f i v e years l a t e r , and p r a c t i c e d law. i n New;Bern.
Frora t h i s and s t y l i s t i c evidence, i t would seem reasonable to" a^lpum^.^the
o f f i c e was constructed about t h i s time by John Bryan f o r h i s 1 ^ nract^-ce.
Elected t o the state senate i n l823, Bryan was r e e l e c t e c L i g - i b a ^ ' j o b arid
simultaneously to the United States House of Representatives i n 182[|., rt;hough
h i s opponent f o r the House seat was the well-known Richard^^^Dabbs SpaigM..
Bryan chose the congressional seat over the North 'Carolina >§9nate a n t ^ s said
t o have been the youngest member of 'Congress during th^/1825-1829.-^^^Sions.
He declined r e e l e c t i o n a f t e r the I829 session and retiirrtsd.^;^^! p r i ^ t i c e law
i n New Bem. He moved t o Raleigh i n 1838 and died there i n "T87^ Throughout
his l i f e he was active i n alumni and other a f f a i r s at the U n i v e r s i t y of North
Carolina, and Bryan H a l l i s named i n his honor.

During the C i v i l War the house served various m i l i t a r y uses, as d i d the

adjacent houses on Rilock S t r e e t , successive u n i t s o f volunteer and regulai
United States troops a r r i v e d or departed, the uses varied frora c f f i c e r to
troop b i l l e t s to h o s p i t a l s .

The house passed frora Bryan ownership l a t e i n the nineteenth century,

but was restored t o descendents o f Bryan i n 1933 when D r . Charles H. Ashford
and his w i f e purchased the then erapty house frora Grant Lee. Dr. Ashford added
a room t o the rear o f the o f f i c e , and cleared the remnants of the detached
k i t c h e n . The only other changes included the a d d i t i o n of e l e c t r i c i t y and
plumbing.

Except f o r a period of sorae t h i r t y years i n the e a r l y t w e n t i e t h century.

Form 10-300a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STATE
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the house has remained i n the ownership of the Bryan f a m i l y , and i s owned
and occupied today by descendants.

The f i n i s h o f the house i s remarkable, incorporating most o f the early

Federal woodwork, raarble raantds and architraves w i t h cornerblocks from the
mid-nineteenth century remodeling, and excellent decorative p l a s t e r medalliorjs
from the period of gas l i g h t . Much of the hardware of the house, corasting
of s i l v e r locks and hinges, i s p a r t i c u l a r l y f i n e , as are the s l i d i n g doors
of the same mid-nineteenth century date.

As the work or Martin Stevenson, Sr., as a rare surviving example of

the New Bem s i d e - h a l l townhouse w i t h adjacent o f f i c e , and as the home of
an important North Carolina f a m i l y , the Bryan House has great a r c h i t e c t u r a l
and h i s t o r i c a l importance.
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North Carolina
COUNTY
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC P L A C E S
INVENTORY • NOMINATION FORM Craven
FOR NPS USE ONLY
• ENTRY NUMBER DA T E
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9.
Waterman, Thomas T . , and Johnston, Frances Benjamin. The E a r l y Architecture
of North ^Carolina. "Chapel H i l l : U n i v e r s i t y of North Carolina Press,
19U1.

W h i t f i e l d , Eraraa Morehead. W h i t f i e l d , Bryan, Smith and Related Families.

Westminister, Maryland, 1950.

White Pine Series, Volume X I I I , Nuraber 2.

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New Bern
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(July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
North Carolina
COUN TY
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC P L A C E S
Craven
PROPERTY MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY
DATE
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COMMON: The Bryan House and O f f i c e
AND/OR HISTORIC:

2- LOCATION
STREET AND NUM BER:

603 and 60$ P o l l o c k Street

CITY OR TOWN:

New Bem
STATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE

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Direaor Archives and Records

MRS. JOYE t JORDAN

Historic Sites and Museums
FRED F. HARBIN MRS. MEMORY F. MfFCHEU
Assistant Director Publications

16 December 1971

Dr. William J. Murtagh

Keeper of the National Register
National Paxk Service
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Dr. Murtagh:

We are enclosing a nomination f o r the Bryan House and Office

i n Craven 'County, North Carolina, to be entered i n the National
Register of Historic Places.

We t m s t you w i l l find this nomination i n order. I f there

are any questions, please c a l l us.

H. G. Jones
Liaison Officer

enclosures
 ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER
STATE t.Kjmi CATCLT-JV

Date Entered MAR 2

Name Location

Stanly (E<!viird U.). Bouso I.'ew Bern

Cravea County

jrhite Cak v i c i n i t y
Eladea County

St, Paul's F£?Tn^3Ln Catxiolic Church New Bern

Craven County

Brysa lK>ujsa and O f f i c e Mew Earn

Craven County

The Earker L5U6« E'dcnton

Cljovan County

F i r s t D i p t i o t C'h'irch K&w Born

Craven county

S t . John's r r i s c o r - a l Church F.t?ti:£?r ford ton

Rutiierford County

Shadow Lawn Lincolnton

Lincoln County

holly Bsnd hunter3viilo

K:Ccklenburg County

Also N o t i f i e d
Hon. Sam J. Ervin, J r . State Llsison Officer
Hon. B. Everett JoriSan Dr. E. G. Jonea
I'on, *^£dter 2. Jonos Diractor
ton. Alton Lcnnon Departrtent Of Arehivf s £ liistory
Ton. Koy laylor State o f ttorth Carolina
Iicn. Charles P.. Jonaa Post Office Boss 1881

Director, Southeast Region

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