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.