Historic Tryon Palace
Historic Tryon Palace is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. The nearest named place is Kitchen Gardens, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue-Gray Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles.
The story
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. Serving as the official residence and offices of the British governors of North Carolina from 1770 until the American Revolution, the original building was seized by provincial militia in 1775. The palace was the site of the first few sessions of the state legislature following the 1783 treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War, and served as the state house until 1792 when the capital was relocated to Raleigh. The rebuilt building was erected on the original palace grounds in the 1950s and opened to the public as a house museum in 1959. The 18th century gardens were also recreated, with 16 acres (6.5 ha) of plantings, representing three centuries of landscape and gardening heritage. Today, it is a state-owned historic site.
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Wikidata Q3331450, matched on coordinates and name (7 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Blue-Gray Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Pamlico Scenic Byway
93 named places within 25 miles
- Kafer Park: 0.4 mi
- Lawson Creek Nature Area: 0.4 mi
- Union Point Park: 0.5 mi
- Lawson Creek Park: 0.6 mi
- Fort Totten Park: 0.8 mi
- Wrc- Neuse River Island: 2.7 mi
- Wrc Bridgeton Access Area: 2.7 mi
- Wrc- Neuse River Island: 3.0 mi
- Wrc- Neuse River Island: 3.0 mi
- Wrc- Strange Management Property: 3.1 mi
- Caleb Bradham: 0.3 mi
- Baron Christopher de Graffenried: 0.3 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.4 mi
- U.S.C.G.C. Pamlico: 0.4 mi
- Spider Lady: 0.4 mi
- Regional History Museum: 0.1 mi
- Pepsi Family Center: 0.1 mi
- North Carolina History Center: 0.1 mi
- Attmore-Oliver Civil War House: 0.2 mi
- New Bern Firemen's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Gatlin Beach: 5.5 mi
- Flanners Beach: 9.9 mi
- Kennel Beach: 9.9 mi
- Kitchen Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Maude Moore Latham Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
- Sudan Shriners: 0.5 mi
- US 70 Craven County: 7.5 mi
- Nightmare Factory Haunted Attraction: 16.9 mi
- Pine Cliff Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:49 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:22 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 77 | 80 | 79 | 74 | 64 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bern - Asos, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/295768741
Day trips start here
- New Bern · 1 mi
- Havelock · 18 mi
- Newport · 24 mi
- Cape Carteret · 28 mi
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