{"nrhp_refnum":"73001327","name":"Slover-Bradham House","other_names":["Burnside's Headquarters"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 Johnson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.11104099900007,"lon":-77.03660180899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Invention"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story pressed-brick town house at 201 Johnson Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, traditionally dated to 1848 and built for merchant and shipowner Charles Slover.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it probably the best-executed, most sophisticated example of Renaissance Revival architecture in North Carolina, virtually unaltered and unmatched in New Bern. It also served as headquarters for General Burnside's Union forces during the Civil War. Later it was the home of C. D. Bradham, inventor of Pepsi-Cola.","narrative":"Built around 1848 for New Bern merchant and shipowner Charles Slover, this three-story pressed-brick house at 201 Johnson Street is described as probably the finest Renaissance Revival building in North Carolina. It has Flemish bond brickwork, a sandstone watertable, strict symmetry, a loggia entrance with Tuscan columns, and delicate cast-iron balconies. Inside, each floor has a center-hall plan with plaster medallions, marble mantels and original silver hardware. No designer is known, and the style stands apart from the Federal buildings common in the town. During the Civil War, General Burnside and the Eighteenth Army Corps made their headquarters here, and the house was carefully protected by Union guards. In 1908 it was bought by pharmacist C. D. Bradham, who invented Pepsi-Cola and built a national business. The house remains virtually unaltered and was valued for its architecture and these associations.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (c. 1848)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed in excellent condition and unaltered, on its original site, and used as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:57.81398-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/48/7197/47719748/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/73001327.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47719748","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slover-Bradham_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18158091"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/slover-bradham-house-73001327/"}