St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church
Contributors:
Herbert W. Simpson, architect
Dates:
1910-1912
Location:
New Bern, Craven County
Street Address:
604 Johnson St., New Bern, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Religious
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina (1996).
Peter B. Sandbeck, The Historic Architecture of New Bern and Craven County, North Carolina (1988).
Note:
St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church, founded by 1866, was one of the earliest if not the earliest African-American Episcopal congregations in the state. The congregation met in a frame building, formerly a Baptist church, on this site until 1910, when construction began on the imposing brick edifice designed by Simpson. The cornerstone reads, “St. Cyprian’s Church, Built 1910, H. S. Simpson, architect.”
