Tryon Palace
Tryon Palace, located in New Bern, North Carolina, is a replica of the mansion built in the late 1760s for the Royal Governor of the Province of North Carolina. Also the seat of the province's Colonial government, it was seized by rebel troops in 1775 and retained that role through the creation of the State of North Carolina in 1789. Shortly after the state capital was relocated to Raleigh in 1792 the original building burned to the ground. A modern recreation faithful to the original architect's plans and some period appropriate support structures were erected on the site in the 1950s and opened to the public in 1959. Today it is a State Historic Site.
The Palace gardens were also recreated, with 16 acres of plantings representing three centuries of landscape and gardening heritage. Coordinates: 35°6′20″N 77°2′39″W / 35.10556°N 77.04417°W
William Tryon (8 June 1729 – 27 January 1788) was a British soldier and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Province of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771. Tryon had seen the need for a centrally-located Government House while lieutenant governor. After assuming office William Tryon worked with architect John Hawks to draw up plans for a government house similar to other British colonial structures of the time. In December 1766, the North Carolina legislature authorized £5,000 for the building of an "Edifice."
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