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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 Union County, North Carolina. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below. [1]
September 26, 1991 (NC 1526 south side, 0.4 miles (0.64 km) from NC 108: Mill Spring: 13: Lynncote: Lynncote: August 30, 2010 (3318 Lynn Rd. Tryon: 14: Lynncote Historic District
Bryan House and Office is a historic home and office building located at New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina. It was built between 1804 and 1806 on the grounds of the original Tryon Palace. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, three-bay, side-hall plan Federal style brick dwelling. The house was modernized and a rear wing added in 1840.
John Hawks (c. 1731 – October 31, 1790) was an English-American architect active in the Province of North Carolina during the late colonial period. Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he worked under the Palladian architect Stiff Leadbetter. He accompanied William Tryon, the expectant governor of the Province of North Carolina, to New Bern in 1764.
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.
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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.