Kristi Cheek

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NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Established in 1710, New Bern is one of the oldest towns in North Carolina. It also served as the state’s first capitol and is home to the first Governor’s House, Tryon Palace. “I was in Miss Sadie Dixon’s fifth-grade class, in fact, that’s the room that’s open for the homes tour,” New Bern Historical Society Curator Jim Hodges said. For more than 100 years in New Bern, the building at 517 Hancock Street served as a grade school.