Harvey Mansion (New Bern 300) Traditional Geocache
MessieurPhil: This site is not recovering well from Hurricane Florence two years ago. Let's eliminate this cache at least for the foreseeable future.
Harvey Mansion (New Bern 300)
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In 2010, the city of New Bern, the colonial capital of North Carolina, celebrated the 300th anniversary of its founding in 1710. This geocache is one of a series that highlight the 300-year history of New Bern. We promise a fun time for all who chose to seek out these caches, learn some of the history of our fair city, and discover why it is an interesting and pleasant city to visit or even to call home.
This cache is hidden at the historic Harvey Mansion. The 9000 square foot home, built from 1797 to 1804, is one of the last remaining structures representing New Bern as a seaport and thriving colonial city. It is also a great example of the many transitions New Bern has endured. John Harvey, a ship owner and merchant originally from England, moved to New Bern with his wife Mary in 1797, and built this home, which remained in the Harvey family until after the Civil War. During the Civil War when New Bern was under Union occupation, the house was used as a military provost headquarters. In the ensuing years it has seen various uses, including a boarding house, a dormitory for the New Bern Military Academy, military apartments during WWII, the original site of Craven Technical Institute (Craven Community College), and, since, 1980, a restaurant.
Quoting from the National Historic Register nomination form, "The Harvey Mansion was a major New Bern Structure, both in size and in finish, and a trubute to Harvey's taste and affluence. Though the residences and businesses of New Bern merchants were often housed under one roof... John Harvey seems to have built office, storerooms, and even warehouse areas into his residence. It was an unusually large and elegantly furnished house... and the ballroom, by far the grandest early nineteenth century room in New Bern, is an elegant embodiment of the Adams style."
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Best to seek this cache outside of lunch and dinner hours.
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