Houses and mansions in New Bern
This tour visits places the Register records as dwellings, among them single houses, rowhouses and mansions. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk. More of the New Bern register is houses than any other kind of building, 26 listings of it in all.
The stops that carry a construction date run from 1790 to 1904. 15 stops, 1.0 miles end to end.
Distances are straight lines between the coordinates in the National Park Service Register data, so the walk on the street will be longer. Nobody has walked or checked this as a route, and a listing does not mean a place is open to visitors. Stops last changed Sep 18, 2026.
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Map
Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. The solid line joins the stops in walking order and is not a street route. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
Walking order
- 1Smith-Whitford House506 Craven St.Building · listed 1972start
- 2Jerkins–Duffy House301 Johnston St.Building · listed 1988232 ft from stop 1
- 3Thomas Jerkins House305 Johnson St.Building · listed 1972264 ft from stop 2
- 4Blades House602 Middle St.Building · listed 1972230 ft from stop 3
- 5Slover-Bradham House201 Johnson St.Building · listed 19730.1 mi from stop 4
- 6Jones-Jarvis House528 E. Front St.Building · listed 1973146 ft from stop 5
- 7Eli Smallwood House524 E. Front St.Building · listed 197273 ft from stop 6
- 8Coor-Bishop House501 E. Front St.Building · built 1904 · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 7
- 9Coor-Gaston House421 Craven St.Building · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 8
- 10Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House320 Pollock St.Building · built 1824 · listed 19730.2 mi from stop 9
- 11Hawks House306 Hancock St.Building · listed 19720.1 mi from stop 10
- 12Attmore-Oliver House513 Broad St.Building · built 1790 · listed 1972323 ft from stop 11
- 13Edward R. Stanly House502 Pollock St.Building · listed 197273 ft from stop 12
- 14Ulysses S. Mace House518 Broad St.Building · listed 1973232 ft from stop 13
- 15Tisdale-Jones House520 New St.Building · listed 1972463 ft from stop 14
1.0 straight-line miles over 14 legs.
Taking it along
- Download the route as GPXFor a handheld GPS or a phone app
- Open all 15 stops in Google MapsSet the mode to walking once it opens
- Open the first stop in Apple MapsThe Apple Maps web link carries one destination, so this is stop 1 only
Other walks in New Bern
- Federal houses in New Bern10 stops · 1.4 milesFederal architecture is a restrained classical manner with flat wall surfaces, fanlights over the door and delicate ornament around openings and mantels. The New Bern examples on this route went up between 1790 and 1890.
- Churches and temples in New Bern11 stops · 2.0 milesThe route links churches built between 1802 and 1941. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
Local history books for New Bern
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Guidebooks to historic places in North Carolina
Tar Heel History On Foot Great Walks Through 400 Years Of North Carolinas Fascinating PastLynn Setzer, 2013Find at Bookshop.org
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