This house was built for one message in 1770 the British were in control, and this house was the seat of power!
Governer Tyson noted 'an honor to British-America'.
Tryon brought his own architect John Hawk to design this Per-say Palace. The house had 3 floors, the basement where the servants worked, the offical goverment workers on the first floor and him and his family on the second. one building was the kithen and one the barn.
In 1779 the palace lost it offical name and was used for a school. When president Washigton visited New Bern in 1791 he commented 'hastening to ruins'. The house burned downed in 1798 eventually one building was left. But to rebuilt in 1959 After world war 2.
Tryon's Palace
This house was built for one message in 1770 the British were in control, and this house was the seat of power!
Governer Tyson noted 'an honor to British-America'.
Tryon brought his own architect John Hawk to design this Per-say Palace. The house had 3 floors, the basement where the servants worked, the offical goverment workers on the first floor and him and his family on the second. one building was the kithen and one the barn.
In 1779 the palace lost it offical name and was used for a school. When president Washigton visited New Bern in 1791 he commented 'hastening to ruins'. The house burned downed in 1798 eventually one building was left. But to rebuilt in 1959 After world war 2.