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1908 view from a dock at the foot of Craven Street showing houses in the background while a boat sits at the dock.

Three men stand in front of a house in the 200 block of Broad Street. Herbert E. Valentine describes the house as the quarters for Company I, 23rd Massachusetts, during the Civil War. Valentine states the men are A.D. Trout, a "colored man [that] was…

Image of Christ Episcopal Church with view of Elks Temple Building in the background

View of the Craven County Courthouse at the corner of Craven and Broad Streets with the County Jail next door. A flag flies atop the courthouse as women (one pushing a baby carriage) walk along Broad Street. A man in a horse cart drives along Craven…

View of the west side of the 100 block of Craven Street. On the left, a man stands in the doorway of a building. Next two men stand in front of the Burrus & Gray Company, while a cat is in the street nearby. To the right, a man walks down Craven…

Image appears to show earthwork fortifications, possibly around the New Bern area.

Image of the Eli Smallwood House, 525 East Front Street. According to Herbert E. Valentine, the home served as quarters for Company G, 23rd Massachusetts, during the Civil War.

Elks Temple at Northwest corner of Middle and Pollock Streets.

Valentine describes this image as the "oldest house in New Berne on E. Front St. near Pollock. Built 1710." Architectural historian Peter Sandbeck states the house was most likely built ca 1760-1770. In the 1980s, the home was moved to and…

1908 view of the east side of the 200 block of Middle Street in New Bern showing the Hotel Albert and electrical poles.