Welcome to Duke Homestead!
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Upcoming Special Events February 25, 2012 Genealogy Workshop: Discover Your Civil War Ancestor 2:00PM to 4:00PM 2012 marks the second in a five-year commemoration of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Join us for a workshop kicking off Duke Homestead's 2012 commemorative events! Free.
March 17, 2012 History Bites 2:00PM to 4:00PM Join us for a lecture on historic cookery!
April 28, 2012 Community Yard and Craft Sale 8:00AM to 12:00PM Buy and sell secondhand items at our Spring community yard sale. Sellers must register (call 919-477-5498 or use this form) and bring their own table for displaying goods.
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Living History Programs
February 25, 2012 Genealogy Workshop: Discover Your Civil War Ancestor 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 2012 marks the second in a five-year commemoration of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Join us for a workshop kicking off Duke Homestead's 2012 commemorative events! Free.
Thank you for visiting. By following the links on the top left, you can learn about the site's history, plan your visit, see our upcoming calendar of events, and much more!
At Duke Homestead, visitors can tour the early home, factories, and farm where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. Duke's sons later founded The American Tobacco Company, the largest tobacco company in the world. The Dukes became one of the wealthiest families in the country at the turn of the 20th century and now lend their name to Duke University, Duke Energy, and the Duke Endowment.
Duke Homestead offers an orientation film twice an hour, an extensive tobacco museum, and guided tours of the surviving historical structures on the grounds. Among these structures are early Bright Leaf tobacco barns, Washington Duke's first and third factories, and his 1852 homestead.
Contact Us: Duke Homestead State Historic Site 2828 Duke Homestead Road Durham, NC 27705 Phone: 919.477.5498 Fax: 919.479.7092 E-mail: duke@ncdcr.gov
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