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First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard

New Bern, US

First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard

First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard is a historic Presbyterian church on New Street between Middle and Hancock Streets in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1820, and is a rectangular frame church building with two tiers of windows. It features a tetrastyle pedimented Ioni

c order portico and projecting four stage tower topped by an arcaded octagonal belfry. During the Civil War, the church was converted into a military hospital by the Union forces. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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