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Tryon Palace. North Carolina’s First Capitol. Royal Governor William Tryon and his family brought architect John Hawks from London to design and build the Georgian-style structure. Completed in 1770, Tryon Palace served as the first permanent capitol of North Carolina and was home to Governor Tryon and his family.
Plan Your Visit. Tickets and Tours. Tryon Palace offers a ONE DAY PASS with Palace Tour, as well as GARDENS, or GALLERIES & GARDENS PASSES, every day of the week. In addition to the daily passes, there are specialized weekly and seasonal tours, lectures and special events throughout the year.
Whether you want to learn more about Tryon Palace with a tour, or explore our beautiful gardens surrounding the Governor’s Palace, visit our historic homes, or discover a special exhibit in the North Carolina History Center, Tryon Palace has an experience for you.
Visit. At Tryon Palace, you can participate in a living history experience like no other – one that uniquely blends cutting-edge technology with the events, stories and people of centuries past. Participate in guided tours, living history demonstrations, and conversations with costumed interpreters that bring history to life in vivid detail ...
One of the largest and most ornate buildings in colonial North Carolina, the Tryon Palace was built in the late 1760s at the behest of its namesake, Royal Governor William Tryon. John Hawks was the architect, and the government assembly chambers and the house were dedicated on December 5, 1770.
History. Tryon Palace was colonial North Carolina’s first official center of government. Soon after Royal Governor William Tryon was commissioned as governor of North Carolina in 1765, he determined that an established centrally located capitol in New Bern, strategically positioned between Charleston and Williamsburg, would be vital to the ...
Tryon Palace is the restored and reconstructed mansion and government house originally built for North Carolina's royal governor William Tryon in 1770. Rising from the banks of the Trent River at the foot of George Street in New Bern, the building is an exact replica of the palace known in colonial America as "the finest government house in the ...
