Tryon Palace | Our State - Large format
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English - November 17, 2008 21:24 - 8 minutes - 85.6 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture TV & Film our state north carolina travel tourism entertainment historic sites nature sport arts museums Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As our state’s first seat of government, William Tryon, North Carolina’s first Colonial Governor and architect John Hawks designed an exquisite Georgian mansion and capitol building. When the main building burned in 1798, the grounds fell into ruin as New Bern development encroached over the site. But after WWII, the Tryon Palace Commission and a garden committee formed to research the possibility of reconstructing the site. Join us to discover how they uncovered history’s fascinating footprint to reconstruct a treasured attraction.
Scenes of Colonial life are courtesy of UNC-TV's dramatic production, Alamance