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New Bern Preservation Foundation
History
What We've Done Chartered in August, 1972, the New Bern Preservation Foundation immediately began saving buildings and thus upgrading neighborhoods. A small group of dedicated volunteers worked alone until 1981 when they hired their first professional executive director. How many structures have been saved? How many neighborhoods have been upgraded? How has this aided the economy of New Bern? Nearly 60 structures have been directly saved by the Foundation. It is hard to say how many others have been saved because we attended meetings, wrote letters, spoke to owners, or just because we were in the neighborhoods, but to name a few, Upper Pollock Street, Academy Green, 600 block of New Street, 500 block of Metcalf Street, 700 & 800 blocks of Craven/North Craven Streets, as well as several houses in the 200, 600, and 700 blocks of East Front Street and numerous houses scattered about the historic district.
Programs and Projects With the help of the Kellenberger Historical Foundation and the N.C. Division of Archives and History, we surveyed and nominated the Riverside and Ghent neighborhoods to the National Register of Historic Places. Their acceptance gives New Bern three historic districts.
We seek properties in danger of demolition by neglect, purchase or accept them, stabilize them, and sell to individuals who are willing to restore them according the Secretary of Interior's Standards, and we attach covenants so that the structure will remain on site and with all important architectural features intact.
We work with the schools and the New Bern Historical Society to educate teachers on using historic architecture to teach history in the fourth and eight grades. Packets of slides and scripts, field trip information and architectural scavenger hunt hints are given to each school.
Craven County's major industry is tourism. With the annual Antiques Show, the Spring Historic Homes and Gardens Tour, our Catered Meals program and our occasional River Homes tours, we bring many visitors to New Bern.
We work with the city, mainly through the Historic District Commission, to enhance the charm of the district. We have worked cooperatively with Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable housing in rehabilitated historic homes. Our Salvage program reuses architectural artifacts, and keeps them from going to landfills and being lost forever. We have cleanup days at properties, the depot, and other areas as needed.
We are currently working with DOT to save a portion of the Craven County brick road system. We hope to see the Union Station Depot rehabilitated soon, and we are working to see gravestones repaired in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Preservation comes in many forms, and we embrace all the various ways to preserve New Bern's History.
What We've Done Chartered in August, 1972, the New Bern Preservation Foundation immediately began saving buildings and thus upgrading neighborhoods. A small group of dedicated volunteers worked alone until 1981 when they hired their first professional executive director. How many structures have been saved? How many neighborhoods have been upgraded? How has this aided the economy of New Bern? Nearly 60 structures have been directly saved by the Foundation. It is hard to say how many others have been saved because we attended meetings, wrote letters, spoke to owners, or just because we were in the neighborhoods, but to name a few, Upper Pollock Street, Academy Green, 600 block of New Street, 500 block of Metcalf Street, 700 & 800 blocks of Craven/North Craven Streets, as well as several houses in the 200, 600, and 700 blocks of East Front Street and numerous houses scattered about the historic district.
Programs and Projects With the help of the Kellenberger Historical Foundation and the N.C. Division of Archives and History, we surveyed and nominated the Riverside and Ghent neighborhoods to the National Register of Historic Places. Their acceptance gives New Bern three historic districts.
We seek properties in danger of demolition by neglect, purchase or accept them, stabilize them, and sell to individuals who are willing to restore them according the Secretary of Interior's Standards, and we attach covenants so that the structure will remain on site and with all important architectural features intact.
We work with the schools and the New Bern Historical Society to educate teachers on using historic architecture to teach history in the fourth and eight grades. Packets of slides and scripts, field trip information and architectural scavenger hunt hints are given to each school.
Craven County's major industry is tourism. With the annual Antiques Show, the Spring Historic Homes and Gardens Tour, our Catered Meals program and our occasional River Homes tours, we bring many visitors to New Bern.
We work with the city, mainly through the Historic District Commission, to enhance the charm of the district. We have worked cooperatively with Habitat for Humanity to provide affordable housing in rehabilitated historic homes. Our Salvage program reuses architectural artifacts, and keeps them from going to landfills and being lost forever. We have cleanup days at properties, the depot, and other areas as needed.
We are currently working with DOT to save a portion of the Craven County brick road system. We hope to see the Union Station Depot rehabilitated soon, and we are working to see gravestones repaired in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Preservation comes in many forms, and we embrace all the various ways to preserve New Bern's History.