Home to Colonial Governor William Tryon-- (1765-1771)
George Washington, on a visit during his Southern Tour in 1791, recorded this description of Tryon Palace in his diary:
"a good brick building but now hastening to Ruins."
A couple of times a year the NC Symphony arrives from Raleigh to deliver a resonant Pops Concert on the South Lawn of the Palace. Also, the eerie sound of drum and fife can sometimes be detected from the area of the Palace Parade grounds. These primeval musical sounds often seem to occur as if by whim and fancy...
The gardens at the Palace are resplendent with color in the Spring. The view from the South Lawn of the Trent River is exquisite during the golden hours of eve and morn...
This large and elaborate home-- which was deserted by William Tryon when he left New Bern to became governor of New York in the year of 1771-- burned to the ground in 1798. By the time the restoration began in the 1950's, an entire bridge and a small community of homes had to be removed.
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