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Duke Homestead
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Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Closed Saturday and Sunday
* See web site for special events |
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Phone: (919) 477-5498
FAX: (919) 479-7092 |
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2828 Duke Homestead Road
Durham, NC 27705 |
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Tobacco always has been important to North Carolina, but it was the discovery of light- bodied Bright Leaf in the 1850's that began the state's modern tobacco history. The Civil War generated an increase in demand for this tobacco; after the war a tobacco manufacturing industry grew. Today, over two centuries later, tobacco is still the leading export crop of North Carolina.
The Duke Homestaed is 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, and Duke University. 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 Indian times to the present.
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