. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Etching of the palace front to tenants. The building had been home to a fencing school, a dancing school and a school for teaching French. When the New Bern Academy burned, it moved into the palace, where the master lived in one of the rooms. Through years of neglect, roofs leaked, paint peeled, and glass, marble and metal were stolen. One man living in New Bern at the time feared "the carrying off of the house ; The state continuously tried to sell the crumbling palace for cash, certifica
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Etching of the palace front to tenants. The building had been home to a fencing school, a dancing school and a school for teaching French. When the New Bern Academy burned, it moved into the palace, where the master lived in one of the rooms. Through years of neglect, roofs leaked, paint peeled, and glass, marble and metal were stolen. One man living in New Bern at the time feared "the carrying off of the house ; The state continuously tried to sell the crumbling palace for cash, certificates, even tobacco, but few could afford a three-wing, brick and marble fixer- upper. On Feb. 27, 1798, a servant set the cellar hay ablaze with a candle, and soon the central building was in flames. The townspeople tore down the colonnades to save the east and west wings, but the main palace —just 28 years old — was completely destroyed. Researchers surmise that the east wing, which housed the kitchen, was torn down soon after and sold for bricks. The west wing, home to stables and the coach house, was the only original building left standing. After the fire, the state sold the bricks and auctioned off parcels of the land. The neighborhood flourished, homes and families moving in on top of the foundations. George Street, the avenue that now dead-ends into the palace gates, was extended "right over what is the front walk today," says Hilarie M. Hicks, curator of interpreta- tion for Tryon Palace. The remaining wing was used for a school and mission church, and finally converted into stucco-covered apartments. But like the stream of hostility that flooded North Carolina when the buildings were constructed, a trickle of appreciation for the once-magnificent palace began to seep through the community. THROUGH YEARS OF NEGLECT, ROOFS LEAKED, PAINT PEELED, AND GLASS, MARBLE AND METAL WERE STOLEN. THE STATE CONTINUOUSLY TRIED TO SELL THE CRUMBLING PALACE FOR CASH, CERTIF
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