Downtown Tree House in Historic "Rhone Hotel"

The "Tree House" is a second-floor apartment that is an easy walk to downtown restaurants, fun activities, and all that New Bern has to offer. Leave your car behind! Very walkable! From glorious antique windows you can see the historic train station and an occasional freight train as it passes by. It is like living in a luxury tree house while you relax in the comfort of the spacious living room or bedroom. A perfect romantic retreat! The space This elegant upstairs apartment has windows on three sides “among the trees.” It is a few blocks from the Neuse River and a short walk to Historic Downtown along the tree-lined scenic river walkway. There is easy free street parking on Queen Street for you and your guests. Unload right in front of the building and then move your car down the block a little so others can unload too. Enter the building through double doors and up the main staircase. On the right side of the upper hall, you will see Apt B. Enter the spacious living room with a comfortable sofa where you can put up your feet to watch TV on the Toshiba Smart TV platform with free streaming provided to Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Disney+, ESPN and YouTube TV. Or you can cast your favorites from your cell phone. On the left side of the living room is the new galley kitchen with a full-size stove/oven, multipurpose sink, dishwasher, frig’ on top, and freezer on the bottom. The new drawer cabinets provide lots of storage space. Dishes, cups, silverware, condiments, cooking pans and utensils are ready for you to make your own feast. By the large kitchen window find a complete “breakfast station” with Keurig coffee maker, electric kettle, toaster, and all the coffee and supplies above, and trash and recycling bins below. There is even a small seating area. The bathroom is also on the left side of the living room with a large shower and window to view more green spaces! A new tankless water heater means you will never run out of hot water. Retreat to the peaceful bedroom that has a Queen-size bed with an amazingly comfortable medium-firm hybrid mattress. That means it has a standard mattress combined with memory foam. (Watching the leaves float in the wind from your bed is a special treat.) Blackout shades all around when you want to sleep in. Two touch-controlled bedside lamps have ports to charge your mobile devices. A desk with easy access to electric and device outlets, a wireless printer, and a large closet complete the bedroom. You share the upstairs balcony with one other upstairs apartment across the hall. Both apartments have a door from their bedrooms to the back hall and balcony. Two window units heat and cool the apartment throughout. Once you set your preferred temperature on Auto mode, the units will maintain that setting. No need to turn the units on and off. Keep them at one setting for your entire stay or use the remote controllers to adjust the temp as needed. Guest access There are two apartments on the second floor, Apt B and Apt C, directly across the hall from each other. You enter through the building double doors and up the central staircase. The front porch is for all to have public access into the building. The upstairs balcony is reserved for the two upstairs apartments. Both apartments have doors from their bedrooms into the shared hall, the stairwell, and to the balcony. As the sun sets, take a cocktail to the balcony with cushioned lounge chairs and enjoy the views of the city at dusk, or maybe get to know the other guests! On a clear night for holiday weekends, you can see the fireworks from the balcony. Other things to note The apartment building is one block from the railroad tracks with trains that run a few times day and night. Sometimes you hear them, sometimes not. The kitchen is stocked with coffee, tea, condiments, breakfast and snack items. Local grocery stores include Publix, Piggly Wiggly, Aldi, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter within 1-5 miles. The Rhone Hotel was built in 1923 by Charlotte Rhone, the first Black nurse in North Carolina, and her three sisters. First it was a rooming house, or a "Black Hotel," and now a four-plex apartment building, all for short-term rental. It was listed in “the Green Book” consistently from 1938 to 1967 as a safe place for Black travelers to stay. Watch "The Green Book" movie, the Oscar-winning Best Picture of 2019 that depicts the true story of a successful black musician with a white driver traveling through the south in 1962. Recently renovated, it highlights New Bern's proud Civil War history. Atlantic Beach is only a 40 minute drive away.