Upcoming Special Events

June 7, 2008

Herb, Garden, and Craft Festival

10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m.

Enjoy a wide variety of herb and craft vendors, 19th century games for children, traditional herbal use displays, and refreshments.  Attend afternoon bluegrass shoes, craft demonstrations and more.  Free

September 6, 2008

Harvest and Hornworm Festival

10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m.

In the morning, come see costumed interpreters demonstrate tobacco harvesting, stringing, and curing.  In the afternoon, hear the sounds of the only tobacco auction left in Durham.  Throughout the day, enjoy the Hornworm Festival, which will be highlighted by the 2nd Annual Duke Homestead Hornworm Race, a Moon Pie eating contest, and an antique tractor show.  Free

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Visitor to Duke Homestead's 2007 Tobacco Hornworm and Harvest Festival participating in the hornworm race.

Thank you for visiting.  By following the 

links on the 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 see 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.

There is an orientation film offered twice 

an hour, a tobacco museum, and surviving historical structures on the grounds.  Among these structures are tobacco barns, Washington Duke's first and third factories, and his 1852 homestead.

We have been nominated for a Nickelodeon's Parents' Picks Award!  Please click on the logo above or the link below to vote for Duke Homestead in the categories of Historic Attractions and Museums

http://www.parentsconnect.com/parentspicks

     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@ncmail.net