{"nrhp_refnum":"97000023","name":"New Bern National Cemetery","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"1711 National Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Bern","county":"Craven County","state":"NC","lat":35.12374776400003,"lon":-77.05293880199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-01-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A nearly eight-acre Civil War era national cemetery at 1711 National Avenue in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, established on February 1, 1867, with a lodge, perimeter wall, gate, rostrum and four state monuments.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Civil War. New Bern was a major Union outpost and garrison occupied from 1862 to 1865, and the cemetery is part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries group.","narrative":"New Bern National Cemetery occupies nearly eight flat, tree-shaded acres in a residential part of New Bern, North Carolina. Established in 1867, it is enclosed by a brick wall built in 1874, with wrought-iron gates added in 1939. By mid-1996 it held more than 6,500 graves used for casketed remains and over 160 sites for cremated remains. Contributing features include the 1916 lodge, the perimeter wall and gate, an octagonal iron, brick and shell-stone rostrum used for memorial ceremonies, a flagpole, and monuments erected by Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New Jersey between 1905 and 1908. The cemetery is significant for its association with the Civil War. New Bern served as a major Union outpost and fortified garrison, occupied from 1862 to 1865 after the Battle of New Bern. The cemetery forms part of a group of Civil War era national cemeteries.","period_of_significance":"1867-1932","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Bungalow/Craftsman","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Closed to new burials in 1992 except in occupied and reserved graves; interments in those graves continue. As of June 30, 1996, 70 gravesites remained available.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.340854-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/97000023.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000023/c90f20a3b0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000023/c90f20a3b0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Tradewinds","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._National_Cemetery-New_Bern.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:U.S._National_Cemetery-New_Bern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77835039","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Bern_National_Cemetery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7005515"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/craven-county/new-bern-national-cemetery-97000023/"}