Cedar Street Recreation Center Explained

Cedar Street Recreation Center
Location:822 Cedar St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates:35.1122°N -77.0464°W
Built:-1952
Architecture:Modern Movement
Added:August 21, 2003
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:03000802

Cedar Street Recreation Center, also known as the Jasper G. Hayes Omega Center, is a historic community center building located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina, United States. It was built between 1948 and 1952, and is located in a historically African-American section of New Bern. It consists of a one-story, 110-foot-by-91-foot, concrete-block main block with a 30-foot-by-91-foot wing. The building is in the Modern style. It was initially used as a recreational center and basketball arena for the African-American youth of the community and later as a venue for neighborhood gatherings and social events.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beth Keane. Cedar Street Recreation Center. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . January 2003 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2014-08-01.