This building was connected with the Palace built with princely magnificence by Gov. Tryon, of England. The building has been put in thorough repair by some friends at the North, and contains four rooms, in which we propose to establish three Church Schools, one of which is to be for the children of the poor, and to be under the direction of the ladies of the Parish.

(Source: The Rev. E. M. Forbes, Parochial Report, Christ Church, Newbern, 1868 Journal of Convention, 97)