New Bern Preservation Foundation

Chartered in August, 1972, the New Bern Preservation Foundation immediately began saving buildings and thus upgrading neighborhoods. A small group of dedicated volunteers worked alone until 1981 when they hired their first professional executive director. How many structures have been saved? How many neighborhoods have been upgraded? How has this aided the economy of New Bern? Nearly 60 structures have been directly saved by the Foundation. It is hard to say how many others have been saved because we attended meetings, wrote letters, spoke to owners, or just because we were in the neighborhoods, but to name a few, Upper Pollock Street, Academy Green, 600 block of New Street, 500 block of Metcalf Street, 700 & 800 blocks of Craven/North Craven Streets, as well as several houses in the 200, 600, and 700 blocks of East Front Street and numerous houses scattered about the historic district.