page_title: James Coor
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: James Coor / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: Smith-Whitford House This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 72000950
context_page_description: James Coor was an architect, builder, politician and leader in North Carolina.
context_section_description: Coor was probably born in England before 1737.  He was invited by Thomas Webber of Maryland to come to Maryland to be a naval architect.  Webber owned land in New Bern, North Carolina, where Coor ended up building a house for Webber and his house own house near Webber.  This house stands today and is called the Coor-Gaston House.  Coor may also have designed two other buildings in New Bern, a Masonic lodge and the New Bern Academy.   These buildings were not completed until after Coors death, however.  Coor was also architect of the Smith-Whitford House in New Bern.
  Coor also designed and built the Coor-Bishop House in New Bern in about 1767.  As a skilled architect, Coor may also have been involved in building the Tryon Palace in New Bern.
caption: Smith-Whitford House
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