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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. The original building was destroyed by fire in 1798.
This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, North Carolina.Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view an online map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.
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.
As leader of Preservation North Carolina for 45 years, J. Myrick Howard sees past the crumbling old buildings and envisions what they might become. He’s rescued 900 buildings to save NC history ...
September 11, 1972 (209 New St. New Bern: 10: Central Elementary School: Central Elementary School: January 20, 1972 (311-313 New St. and 517 Hancock St.
The History Center aims to "rewrite the narrative" by truthfully exploring how the North Carolina Homefront reacted to and participated in the Civil War with an $87 million History Center built on ...
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.
North Carolina plantation were identified by name, beginning in the 17th century. The names of families or nearby rivers or other features were used. The names assisted the owners and local record keepers in keeping track of specific parcels of land. In the early 1900s, there were 328 plantations identified in North Carolina from extant records.