Tryon's+Palace

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=Tryon's Palace﻿ =

Tryon's Palace was built in 1770 in New Bern, North Carolina. It was built by Governor Tryon as an honor to British America. Tryon paid an architect, John Hawk, to build the palace, and Hawk employed craftsman to do the interior woodwork. Some of the house's features came directly from England, but the most important item of decor was the Arms of George III that was placed above the entrance. It symbolized the king's authority and reminded the colony that the British were in charge. The house contained three stories; servants working in the basement, the first floor was for official business of the colony and the governor also had his office on this floor along with the Provincial Council room. The second floor is where the governor and his family lived. There was a stable and a kitchen on this floor which flanked the main structure. tryon only lived in the house for a few years because after the Battle of Alamance, Tryon was promoted governor of New York and had to leave the palace for New York. After tryon left, Richard Caswell, North Carolina's first official governor, became the owner of the house. In 1779, when the state government moved inland, the palace lost its official status. The building burned down in 1798 when a resident accidentlly caught the hay in the basement on fire. North Carolina citizens rebuilt the house using Hawk's original plans of it. The palace is presently a tourist attraction and opened as one in 1959.

 = The Battle of Alamance =

Tryon gathered together a militia because he assumed the Regulators would rise again.