{"nrhp_refnum":"72000932","name":"Attmore-Oliver House","other_names":["Chapman-Taylor House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"513 Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.108522883000035,"lon":-77.04158578899995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-one-half story frame house at 513 Broad Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, begun around 1790 for Samuel Chapman and enlarged around 1834-1835. It is also known as the Chapman-Taylor House.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the house as a clear example of the taste and skill of early nineteenth-century builders in New Bern. Its classical street facade with porch and cast-iron balconies contrasts with the two-tier rear porch. Its four exterior chimneys are unusual in New Bern. It is also tied to Samuel Chapman, a Revolutionary War veteran and merchant, and to the Taylor and Attmore families.","narrative":"Begun around 1790 on Broad Street in New Bern, this frame house began as a story-and-a-half cottage built for Samuel Chapman, a Revolutionary War lieutenant, merchant and court clerk. Around 1834-1835, after Isaac Taylor bought it and his daughter Mary married George Sitgraves Attmore, the building was raised to two and a half stories, given a fourth chimney and enlarged. The five-bay front has a Doric-style porch, fluted window surrounds and cast-iron balconies reached through full-length windows, while the rear has a double-tier porch. Inside, an L-shaped hall, a Federal stair and Adam-style mantels reflect several building periods. Archaeological work in 1962 clarified the original size and appearance. The Attmore and Oliver family kept the property until 1953, when the New Bern Historical Society acquired and restored it. It is listed as a notable local example of early nineteenth-century New Bern building, and it now serves as a museum and visitors' center.","period_of_significance":"18th and 19th centuries (c. 1790-1800s)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal stair and Adamesque interior detail with a classical (Doric/Tuscan) street facade; no single style named","criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored in the mid-1950s by the New Bern Historical Society, which acquired it in 1953; open to the public as a museum, meeting place and visitors' center. Condition listed as good, altered, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.435556-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7196/47719692/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000932.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000932/af0c402175-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000932/af0c402175-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"self","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attmore-Oliver_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">self</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Attmore-Oliver_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719692","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attmore%E2%80%93Oliver_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4818575"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/attmore-oliver-house-72000932/"}