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Cedar Street Recreation Center

Coordinates: 35°6′44″N 77°2′47″W / 35.11222°N 77.04639°W / 35.11222; -77.04639
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Cedar Street Recreation Center
Cedar Street Recreation Center, May 2013
Cedar Street Recreation Center is located in North Carolina
Cedar Street Recreation Center
Cedar Street Recreation Center is located in the United States
Cedar Street Recreation Center
Location822 Cedar St., New Bern, North Carolina
Coordinates35°6′44″N 77°2′47″W / 35.11222°N 77.04639°W / 35.11222; -77.04639
Arealess than one acre
Built1948 (1948)-1952
Architectural styleModern Movement
NRHP reference No.03000802[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 2003

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Beth Keane (January 2003). "Cedar Street Recreation Center" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-08-01.