Welcome to Duke Homestead
       
Upcoming Special Events
September 20, 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
October 18, 2008 An Evening at the Homestead 2:00 p.m. -- 6:00 p.m.
Join the Duke Homestead Junior Interpreters as they prepare the Homestead for winter. This afternoon program features traditional music, wagon rides, fall foods, relays and 19th century games. Bring a picnic for dinner on the grounds. Free
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Click on the tractor for information on the 2008 Annual Hornworm and Harvest Festival
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. 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
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Visitor to Duke Homestead's 2007 Tobacco Hornworm and Harvest Festival participating in the hornworm race.
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