{"nrhp_refnum":"70000450","name":"Stanly, John Wright, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"307 George St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.10730140900006,"lon":-77.04451743499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wooden Georgian-style mansion originally at Middle and New streets in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, built in the late 1700s and now relocated to 307 George Street in the Tryon Palace Complex.","why_significant":"The architecture is attributed to John Hawks, the architect brought from England to design Governor Tryon's palace. The house was home to John Wright Stanly and his son John Stanly, a congressman and Speaker of the State House. President George Washington lodged there in 1791, and it served as General Burnside's headquarters during the Civil War. Its style has no counterpart in North Carolina.","narrative":"Built in the late eighteenth century at Middle and New streets in New Bern, this full two-story wooden mansion has a hip roof with a balustrade, a five-bay facade, and a central doorway framed by Roman Doric columns and an open pediment. Inside, a central hall and four rooms on each floor display Georgian woodwork, a walnut stair balustrade, and a fine Delaware River style mantel. The design is attributed to John Hawks, who came from England to build Governor Tryon's palace. John Wright Stanly bought the unfinished house in 1779 and had it completed. George Washington stayed two nights in April 1791, and General Burnside used it as his first headquarters in New Bern during the Civil War. Later it served as the Bryan family residence and then as a public library from 1935 to 1965. The house was moved twice, in 1932 and 1965, and is now a state-owned museum at 307 George Street undergoing restoration.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":"John Hawks (attributed)","architectural_style":"Georgian interior woodwork; exterior in the manner of Hudson River mansions","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good, altered and moved. It is owned by the State of North Carolina and used as a museum under restoration and furnishing for public exhibition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.086335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/56/7197/47719756/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000450.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000450/8bc4318c8c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000450/8bc4318c8c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBernHouse1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NewBernHouse1.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"03000965","name":"New Bern Historic District (Boundary Increase) (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/new-bern-historic-district-boundary-increase-additional-documentation-03000965/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719756","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wright_Stanly_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707998"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/stanly-john-wright-house-70000450/"}