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| Name | Duke Homestead State Historic Site |
| Brief Description | 1852 home and farm of the Washington Duke family |
| Type | Attraction |
| Category | Durham North Carolina Historic Site |
| Description | 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.
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| Address | 2828 Duke Homestead Rd. |
| CSZ | Durham, NC 27705 |
| Cost | Free |
| Hours | 9:00 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday |
| Website | www.ibiblio.org/dukehome |
| Additional Information | Additional Information |
| Information Request | Request Durham North Carolina Visitor Information |
| Last Updated | 8/25/2009 |
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