Record #:

3190

Author(s):

Howlett, Barbara W.

Abstract:

When New Bern's St. Andrew's Chapel voted in 1863 to join the Northern A.M.E. Zion Church, it became the South's first Zion Church. In 1879, the name was changed to St. Peter's. Damaged by a 1922 fire, the church was renovated in 1986.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 1 Issue 1, May 1988, p31-34, il

Subject(s):

African American churches--New Bern; New Bern--Church history; St. Peter's A.M.E. Zion Church (New Bern)

Record #:

3212

Author(s):

Howlett, Barbara W.

Abstract:

New Bern's premier architect of the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries was Herbert W. Simpson, whose designs included residences, public buildings, schools, and commercial buildings.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 3 Issue 1, May 1990, p17-21, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Architects--New Bern; Simpson, Herbert Woodley, 1870-1945

Record #:

4437

Author(s):

Howlett, Barbara W.

Abstract:

The New Bern Preservation Foundation organized in 1972 with the purpose of saving endangered historic buildings. Howlett summarizes the Foundation's preservation projects, the growth and changes in the Foundation, and current preservation projects.

Source:

Journal of the New Bern Historical Society (NoCar F 264 N5 J66), Vol. 12 Issue 2, Nov 1999, p15-21, il, bibl

Subject(s):

Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration--New Bern