United States Post Office Courthouse and Custom House (New Bern, North Carolina)

City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was originally built in 1897 by the federal government to house a post office, federal courthouse, and custom house. It is a 3+1⁄2-story, brick and granite building with a 2+1⁄2-story wing in the Romanesque Revival style. The building has hipped roofs with dormers. The Baxter Clock, a clock tower, is in the square outside. It became the municipal building in 1936.

New Bern Municipal Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Bern Municipal Building, April 2010
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Location	300 Pollock St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°6′25″N 77°2′19″W / 35.10694°N 77.03861°W / 35.10694; -77.03861
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built	1897 (1897)
Architect	Charles E. Kemper, William Martin Aiken
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	73001326
Added to NRHP	June 4, 1973

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "New Bern, North Carolina (1897)". Federal Justice Center. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
3. Survey Planning Unit Staff (April 1972). "New Bern Municipal Building" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved August 1, 2014.