Front view, Tryon Palace, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
Tryon Palace (New Bern, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Front view, Tryon Palace, New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Architecture, Georgian
Houses
Palladian
- Original Format:
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Black and white slide
- Extent:
- 2 x 2 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh2157pnc003
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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New Bern (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides.
Source information
- Repository:
- Preservation North Carolina
- Collection:
- Preservation North Carolina Historic Architecture Slide Collection, 1965-2005 (PNC slides) held by Preservation North Carolina
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- Reproduction and use of this material requires permission from Preservation North Carolina. For general information see the Preservation North Carolina website (http://www.presnc.org).
- RightsStatements.org:
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In Copyright
For more information:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0 - Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Tryon Palace (New Bern, Craven County, North Carolina)
- Architect:
- Hawks, John (Architect) more info on Hawks, John (Architect)
- Architect:
- Perry, William Graves more info on Perry, William Graves, architect
- Built:
- Street:
- 610 Pollock Street
- Community:
- New Bern
- State:
- North Carolina
- Zip:
- 28562
- Provenance note:
- The structure was North Carolina's colonial capitol and residence of Governor William Tryon. The Palace was reconstructed by the Tryon Palace Commission.
- Architectural note:
- Working together, Governor Tryon and architect John Hawks settled on a Georgian edifice in the Palladian manner for the colony's public building. The 2 1/2 story main block is centered on a pavilion with both land and water side entrances.
- Historical note:
- The original building burned in 1798, destroying most of the structure except for the west wing, and from 1952 to 1959, the Palace was reconstructed in its current form.
- General note:
- For full sets and explanations of Hawks's drawings for Tryon Palace, see Alonzo T. Dill, Jr., "Tryon's Palace, A Neglected Niche of North Carolina History," North Carolina Historical Review, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr. 1942).
- Location:
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New Bern (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Capitols
Historic buildings
Historic sites
North Carolina -- History
Palaces
- Latitude, Longitude:
- 35.107184, -77.043383