West Wing of Tryon Palace - New Bern, North Carolina
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LJParr
N 35° 06.362 W 077° 02.677
18S E 313652 N 3886714
Completed in 1770 the west wing of Tryon Palace is the only part of the original structure to survive a 1798 fire that destroyed the Palace and the east wing.
Waymark Code: WMAR3D
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 02/15/2011
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The WEST WING OF TRYON PALACE (private), 24 George St., is all that survives of Tryon Palace,
the town's first show place, once regarded as one of the most beautiful structures in British
America. This relic retains no vestige of past glory, beauty, or elegance. It served as
warehouse, dwelling, stable and carriage house, parochial school, and chapel prior to its
converson (1931) into an apartment house. In 1798, a Negro women, searching for eggs in the
cellar with a lightwood torch, started a fire that destroyed the central section and east wing.
From: North Carolina - A Guide to the Old North State, 1939.
The restoration part of the Tryon Palace story was just beginning when North Carolina - A Guide to the Old North State was published in 1939. In the 1930's with the discovery of the original palace plans a movement to rebuild the Palace, the east wing and fully restore the west wing began. The restoration began in 1952 was completed in 1959 when the Palace opened to the public.
Still open to the public today, access to the grounds and a palace tour are available by paid
admission.