Christ Episcopal Church, New Bern, North Carolina
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N 35° 06.417 W 077° 02.356
18S E 314142 N 3886806
Christ Episcopal Church was consecrated in 1875, partly on the shell of an older church, built in 1824, which burned in 1871.
Waymark Code: WMK1D
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2006
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The present sanctuary at Christ Episcopal Church, usually called the third church, was consecrated in 1875 and is entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The building is actually a combination of two buildings. The earlier one, consecrated in 1824, burned in 1871. However the fine Flemish-bond brick walls with their pointed-arch window openings remained and were used in the reconstruction. Aside from greatly embellishing the subdued Gothic detailing of the 1824 structure, the buildings are almost identical. (The first church was built in 1750. Its foundation has been preserved and is used for outdoor worship.)
The Gothic Revival bell tower and spire of the present church, which soars 150 feet above the city, has dominated the skyline of the city of New Bern for more than 125 years. The spire, embellished with a golden crown, was a prominent landmark on the charts of mariners in the nineteenth century. The Bell Tower contains a relatively new carillon (1996) that rings out over downtown New Bern twice a day.
This is a difficult church to photograph with mature trees all around the building.
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