John Wright Stanly House, New Bern

Name: John Wright Stanly House
Address: New Bern, United States

#20 among attractions in New Bern

Georgian architecture

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The John Wright Stanly House is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was probably designed by John Hawks and built about 1779. It is a two-story, five bay, central hall plan Georgian style frame dwelling. It has a hipped roof and roof deck with balustrade. The building housed a public library from 1935 to 1965. It has been moved twice, coming to its present location in 1965, and subsequently restored as part of the Tryon Palace complex. ()

Built: 1779 (245 years ago)Coordinates: 35°6'26"N, 77°2'41"W

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Downtown New BernNew Bern United States

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John Wright Stanly House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tryon Palace, Centenary United Methodist Church, Cedar Grove Cemetery, First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard.

~530 ftS
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Tryon Palace, New Bern
3 min walk • Tryon Palace, formerly called Governor's Palace, Newbern, was the official residence and administrative headquarters of the British governors of North Carolina from 1770 to 1775.
~1860 ftNE
Church
Centenary United Methodist Church, New Bern
9 min walk • Centenary Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1904–1905, and is an irregularly shaped, brick multiple-use church complex. The front facade includes an entrance five-bay arcade beneath a low conical roof flanked by square corner towers of unequal height.
0.4 miN
Cemetery
Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern
10 min walk • Cedar Grove Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was established in 1800, and is encircled by a magnificent paneled coquina wall built in 1853 and broken by a towering triple-arch entrance.
~1620 ftNE
Church
First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard, New Bern
8 min walk • First Presbyterian Church and Churchyard is a historic Presbyterian church on New Street between Middle and Hancock Streets in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina.
~1480 ftE
35°6'24"N • 77°2'23"W
Birthplace of Pepsi, New Bern
8 min walk • Museum, Historical place, Shopping
~1660 ftE
Church
First Church of Christ, New Bern
9 min walk • First Church of Christ, Scientist, built in 1907, is an historic Christian Science church building located at 406-408 Middle Street, in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, in the United States. It was designed in the Classical Revival style by prolific local architect Herbert Woodley Simpson.
~1390 ftNE
35°6'36"N • 77°2'29"W
New Bern Academy Museum, New Bern
7 min walk • Museum, History museum
~1820 ftE
35°6'20"N • 77°2'20"W
The Accidental Artist, New Bern
9 min walk • Museum, Classes and workshops
~1890 ftNE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church, New Bern
10 min walk • St. Paul Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic parish in New Bern, North Carolina within the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh. Its historic parish church is located at 510 Middle Street. The parish also hosts a parochial school, St. Paul Catholic School.
~1500 ftE
Church
Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House, New Bern
8 min walk • Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House is a historic Episcopal church located at 320 Pollock Street in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built in 1871, incorporating the brick shell of the previous church built in 1824. It is a brick church building in a restrained Gothic Revival style.
~1820 ftE
City hall, Romanesque architecture
New Bern Municipal Building, New Bern
9 min walk • City Hall, also known as the Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building in New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was originally built in 1897 by the federal government to house a post office, federal courthouse, and custom house.

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Which popular attractions are close to John Wright Stanly House?

Nearby attractions include Tryon Palace, New Bern (3 min walk), Attmore–Oliver House, New Bern (5 min walk), Benjamin Smith House, New Bern (6 min walk), St. Peter's AME Zion Church, New Bern (6 min walk).