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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 .
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location City or town Description 1: Alston-DeGraffenried House: November 18, 1974 (West of Pittsboro off U.S. Route 64; also the northern side of U.S. Route 64, 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west of its junction with NC 1564
Ruth Louise Coltrane was born on October 15, 1891, in Concord, North Carolina. Her father, a Civil War veteran, founded the Concord National Bank, North Carolina's oldest national bank. [1] She graduated summa cum laude from Greensboro College in 1911 with a degree in history, marking the beginning of a lifelong passion for the subject. [2]
There’s Tryon Palace and next-door North Carolina History Center, a testament to the community’s heritage and savvy marketing IQ. (On a recent weekend, we met a couple visiting New Bern from ...
Other notable buildings include the Blair Hotel, Pilkington Drug Store / S & T' s Soda Shoppe, Justice Motor Company building (1949), St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (1832), Pittsboro United Methodist Church (c. 1836), and Queen Anne style Henry H. Fike House (c. 1895). [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1]
To the east. Drive three miles east of Pittsboro’s downtown, and you’ll find Chatham Park, an 8,500-acre master-planned community currently under development along U.S. 15-501 and U.S. 64. ...
North of Tryon at junction of U.S. Route 176 and Harmon Field Rd. 35°13′20″N 82°15′04″W / 35.2222°N 82.2511°W / 35.2222; -82.2511 ( Seven Tryon
A lifelong historian, Carraway helped found the Historic Preservation Society of North Carolina. In 1939, she discovered sets of John Hawks's plans for the original Tryon Palace, which greatly assisted with the restoration. She served as secretary of the Tryon Palace Commission from 1945 to 1956, then Restoration Director from 1956 to 1971.