{"nrhp_refnum":"73001320","name":"Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"320 Pollock St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.107208041000035,"lon":-77.03935882399998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House at 320 Pollock Street, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. The Gothic Revival brick church was rebuilt by 1875 from the walls of an 1824 church, and the parish house was built 1904-1908.","why_significant":"The church is an example of a rather late Gothic Revival building made from the walls of an earlier, 'embryonic Gothic' church. It is also the successor to a parish established in 1715 and the center of its own parish created in 1741, the third oldest in the state. Its notable features include well-executed interiors, a tower with a crown weathervane, a Stick Style entrance porch, a colonial communion service and a historic cemetery.","narrative":"Christ Episcopal Church stands on Pollock Street in New Bern, set in a wooded, fenced lot with its parish house, offices and small cemetery. The present brick church dates to 1875, when it was rebuilt within the walls of an 1824 church gutted by fire in 1871. Its 110-foot tower and buttresses give it a Gothic Revival character, and a Stick Style porch was added in 1884. The chancel was enlarged and remodelled in 1914. Herbert W. Simpson designed the parish house, built from 1904 to 1908 in a style sympathetic to the church. The congregation traces its roots to a parish established in 1715, with Christ Church Parish created in 1741, and every church it has built stands on the same lot. The church displays a 1752 communion service given by George II. Its cemetery holds the graves of early figures such as rector James Reed and colonial attorney general Charles Elliot. A cannon from the Lady Blessington marks a nearby survey point.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Bennett Flanner (brick mason, 1824 church); Herbert W. Simpson (parish house)","architectural_style":"Gothic Revival (with Stick Style porch)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and occupied; in religious use. The church has been altered over time.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.663334-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/60/7197/47719760/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001320.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001320/a186114520-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001320/a186114520-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Episcopal_Church.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:Episcopal_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719760","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_Episcopal_Church_and_Parish_House_(New_Bern,_North_Carolina)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5108897"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/christ-episcopal-church-and-parish-house-73001320/"}