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2. Website. tryonpalace.org. Tryon Palace, also called the Governor's House and the Governor's Palace, is a two-story building located in the eastern part of New Bern, North Carolina. The building is a faithful reconstruction of the original 1770 residence built by architect John Hawks. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1798.
71000574 [1] Added to NRHP. November 12, 1971. Harvey Mansion is a historic home located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built about 1793, and is a three-story, brick dwelling with an exposed basement. [2] The house was built by John Harvey who used it as a residential home and also for commercial space.
Succeeded by. Allene Wilson Groves. Gertrude Sprague Carraway (August 6, 1896 – May 7, 1993) was an American educator, journalist who wrote for The New York Times and the Associated Press, served as the 22nd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and preservationist who led restoration efforts of Tryon Palace. [1]
Elizabeth Elwin. Margaret Wake Tryon (c.1732 – 1819) was an English heiress and the wife of William Tryon, who served as the Colonial Governor of North Carolina and the Colonial Governor of New York. The namesake of Wake County in North Carolina, she is one of three women, along with Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Virginia Dare, to ...
William Tryon. Lieutenant-General William Tryon (8 June 1729 – 27 January 1788) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as governor of North Carolina from 1764 to 1771 and the governor of New York from 1771 to 1777. He also served during the Seven Years' War, the Regulator Movement, and the American War of Independence.
New Bern (formerly Newbern[6]) is a city in and the county seat of Craven County, North Carolina, United States. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 31,291. [7] It is located at the confluence of the Neuse and the Trent rivers, near the headwaters of Pamlico Sound on the North Carolina coast. It lies 112 miles (180 km) east of Raleigh ...
tryon-nc.com. Tryon is a town in Polk County, on the southwestern border of North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 1,562. [4] Located in the escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains, today the area is affluent [5] and a center for outdoor pursuits, equestrian activity, and fine arts.
Wake County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,129,410, [ 1 ] making it North Carolina's most populous county. From July 2005 to July 2006, Wake County was the 9th-fastest growing county in the United States, [ 2 ] with Cary and Raleigh being the 8th- and 15th-fastest growing ...