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Duke Homestead

Durham, NC (http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/duke/duke.htm)

Provider: North Carolina Historical Sites

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Appropriate grades
3–12
Subjects
science (agriculture), social studies (North Carolina, United States history)
Provider
North Carolina Historical Sites

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Located in Durham County, North Carolina, the Duke Homestead farm is where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco and began to amass his famous fortune. Duke's sons later founded The American Tobacco Company, the largest tobacco company in the world. This site also features biographical material about Washington Duke and information on the cultivation of the "golden weed," which is tobacco.

Visit Duke Homestead and see the early home, factories, and farm where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco. The tour includes Duke's restored home, an early factory, a curing barn, and a packhouse. The Tobacco Museum exhibits trace the history of tobacco from Native American times to the present.

For information or to schedule a tour, call (919) 477-5498 or send email to duke@ncmail.net

See: Celebrate Tobacco Barns from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources Office of Archives and History. Also see Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum.