{"nrhp_refnum":"72000935","name":"Bryan House and Office","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"603-605 Pollock St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.106777349000026,"lon":-77.04351697499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-03-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-and-a-half-story brick side-hall-plan house with a one-story frame office, at 603 and 605 Pollock Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. The house was built 1803-1806 on part of the original Tryon Palace grounds for merchant James Bryan.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the work of builder Martin Stevenson, Sr., and as a rare surviving New Bern side-hall townhouse with an adjacent office. It also shows two stylistic periods, Federal and circa 1840 Greek Revival, and was the home of an important North Carolina family.","narrative":"Two buildings on Pollock Street in New Bern make up this property: a brick house of two and a half stories and a small frame office beside it. James Bryan, a merchant trading with the West Indies and American coastal cities, acquired the lot in 1801 after the Tryon Palace grounds were divided and sold. Martin Stevenson, Sr., worked on the house from 1803 into 1804, and it was probably finished before Bryan died in 1806. Its Flemish bond brick, pedimented entrance porch and elaborate hall arch reflect the Federal style. About 1840 the front parlors were remodeled with Greek Revival trim and marble mantels. The office was probably built by Bryan's son John Herritage Bryan, a lawyer and congressman, for his law practice. The house was used by Union troops during the Civil War. It is one of five surviving brick side-hall houses in New Bern and the only one with a detached office still standing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Martin Stevenson, Sr. (builder/joiner)","architectural_style":"Federal, with circa 1840 Greek Revival alterations","criteria":[],"status_note":"Stated to be in excellent condition, altered, and owned and occupied by descendants of the Bryan family at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.304613-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/98/7196/47719698/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000935.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000935/30c89d295a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000935/30c89d295a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bryan_House_and_Office.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Tradewinds</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Bryan_House_and_Office.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719698","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_House_and_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148698"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/bryan-house-and-office-72000935/"}