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Eli Smallwood House

Coordinates: 35°6′39″N 77°2′11″W / 35.11083°N 77.03639°W / 35.11083; -77.03639
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Eli Smallwood House
Eli Smallwood House, September 2012
Eli Smallwood House is located in North Carolina
Eli Smallwood House
Eli Smallwood House is located in the United States
Eli Smallwood House
Location524 E. Front St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates35°6′39″N 77°2′11″W / 35.11083°N 77.03639°W / 35.11083; -77.03639
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Builtc. 1810 (1810)
Built byDewey, John
Architectural styleFederal
NRHP reference No.72000948[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 5, 1972

Eli Smallwood House is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1810, and is a 2+12-story, side-hall plan, Federal-style brick town house. It features hand carved ornaments on the main cornice, the porches, and the dormer. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond. It was the home of Congressmen Charles R. Thomas (1827-1891) and his son Charles R. Thomas (1861–1931) from 1873 to 1925.[2]

"Smallwood-Ward" house, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, ca. 1930

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Survey Planning Unit Staff (May 1972). "Eli Smallwood House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.
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