The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-10

not open to visitors will be the re-
naming wing of Tryon Palace, built
in 1767-177O for royal Governor Will
liam Tryon. One of the most historic
spots in the country, Tryon Palace
was known as "the finest house in
colonial America" Taxes for it's cree
ton, costing about $50, 900, led in
directly to the war of the regulators
and the Battles of Alamance in I'LL,
1.-The ~reveille drum-beat of the Revo-
luton" From the palace, royal Gov.
ernor Josiah Martin was driven out
Of New Bern in 1775, ending British
rule in North Carolina.
In the palace were held the first
North Carolina, the former the first
in America called and held in def
ance of royal proclamation. The place
became North Cardinals first stale
Capitol and there Richard Caswell,
first governor of the independent
state and other first state officials
were inaugurated January Is, 1777,
President George Washington was
entertained there at a dinner and
ball during his visit to the city in
1889. The structure was burned in
1898 and only n wing now stands.
The original drawings Of the pal
ace by John Hawks, Esq, "the first
professional architect to remain in
America" were located last March
in the New York Historical Society
Library in New York city and the
discovery has given impetus to the
hopes of restoration of the palace
and it's once magnificent gardens.
Excavations under the site are plan
ned Cor this spring or summer.
Other notable places to be includ-
ed in the New Bern pilgrimage will
be Cults harbor, the Justice resi-
dence, one of New Bern's Oldest
homes, opened only once a year to
the public and exhibiting a fine col
lection of historic relics and family
heirlooms; Maxwell Gardens on the
River Shore, adjoining the grounds
Of Mrs. D. w. Smallwood's home
where stands the famous cypress
tree, estimated to be about n thou
sand years old, under whose shade
stood such eminent men as George
| Washington, President Monroe and
General Nathaniel Green, the tree
NOW standing in what was once a
part of the gardens of Governor
Richard Dobbs Spaight; Smallwood
| Ward house, built by Eli Smallwood
most exquisite town houses of the
entire section, now owned and &C.
cupied by MI. and Mrs. D. Livings-
ton Ward; Jarvis-Jones Hand house,
built 1910 with the fine hand-carv-
ed woodwork, used as General Eos
ter's Headquarters during war 1862
"a; Slover-Guion house, used by Cen
eral Burnsides as headquarters while
in command of federal troops after
capture of New Bern March IA,
1862; Observation-Disclosures house,
built about 1857 by James Coor, later
owned and occupied by Judge Will
liam CASTOR, congressman, author
of state anthem, member of Supre-
me Court, where, though the house
is not open to visitors, a fine Chinese
| Chippendale balustrade may be seen
on the Craver street side Gin this
house within the past year has been
discovered a secret stairway enclos-
! ed in a chimney, continuing three
flights through the house,; Jenkins
Duffy house, built in 1919, now the
house of DR.. and Mrs. Richard N.
Duffy where tea will be served to
all garden visitors each afternoon of
the pilgrimage in New Bern; John
Wright Stanley house, built prior
to 1779, occupied by George Wash
ington during his visit to New Bern
in 1871, built by Patriot Stanly, who
lost fourteen privateers during the
Revolution, loaned Gen. Nathaniel
Green for thousand pounds for the
"cause," was v repaid, the house
now used as a public library; Pres
bvterian church, built in 1922 after
a design by Sir Christopher Wren
with high pulpit in front, unusually
interesting; the Academy, first pri-
vate school in North Carolina and
second private secondary school to