{"nrhp_refnum":"72000939","name":"Coor-Bishop House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 E. Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.109339798000065,"lon":-77.03590119999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A late-eighteenth-century frame house at 501 East Front Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, facing the Neuse River. It was begun after James Coor bought the lot in 1767 and was remodeled between 1904 and 1908.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its architecture. An early twentieth century Queen Anne and Georgian Revival remodeling, probably by New Bern architect Herbert W. Simpson, encloses a pre-Revolutionary Georgian house. That older house contains one of the finest surviving Georgian stairs in North Carolina, almost identical to the one in the John Wright Stanly House. The nomination also notes its link to John Hawks, probable designer of the original house.","narrative":"Overlooking the Neuse River at 501 East Front Street in New Bern, this frame house combines two eras. James Coor, a carpenter, bought the lot in 1767 and built the original Georgian house soon afterward. John Hawks, architect of Tryon Palace, is considered its likely designer. Between 1904 and 1908 owner Edward K. Bishop had it turned to face the river and remodeled, probably by New Bern architect Herbert W. Simpson, who blended Queen Anne and Georgian Revival ideas. The remodeling added a deck-on-hip roof, dormers, a pedimented entrance pavilion and a wide porch with Corinthian columns, leaving little of the original exterior except a fanlight in the pavilion pediment. Inside, a three-flight Georgian stair survives, almost identical to the one in the John Wright Stanly House, along with some original paneling. Later owners included George Pollock, who entertained President James Monroe here in 1819, and judge Mathias E. Manly. The house is valued for the contrast between its eighteenth century classicism and its eclectic revival remodeling.","period_of_significance":"18th Century and 20th Century","architect_builder":"James Coor (builder, probably); John Hawks (probable designer); Herbert W. Simpson (remodeling architect)","architectural_style":"Neo-classic Revival (Queen Anne and Georgian Revival remodeling) enclosing a Georgian house","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition; altered and moved; used as a private residence. It once served as the rectory of Christ Episcopal Church and has had no other changes since the remodeling.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.616801-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/7197/47719754/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/72000939.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000939/710124653d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72000939/710124653d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coor-Bishop_House.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:Coor-Bishop_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719754","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coor-Bishop_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18149126"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/coor-bishop-house-72000939/"}