Imagine starting over in life at nearly 40 with 50 cents in pocket and two blind mules on your property completely ransacked from the Civil War! Washington Duke, and later his sons, created thousands of jobs, lead an entire industry with their innovations and marketing...More

I visited with a college colleague and 35 students on 27 Jan 2018. It's worth a stop. There is a video and a museum for everyone. You can get a tour if you wish. Our guide gave us good facts, but she was fuzzy on...More

One of the most important stops along North Carolina’s famed “tobacco road” is the Duke Homestead State Historic Site in Durham. A visit to this site will yield much more than the story of bright leaf tobacco and North Carolina’s “green gold.” It will reveal...More

45 minutes flew by as you walk to each well kept building and picture the people and see tools and set up for how tobacco was processed. The homestead has some lovely antique original pieces and you learn where "sleep tight" comes from! My guide...More

I have visited Duke Homestead many times, and I have enjoyed it more and more each time. There is a surprisingly extensive museum about tobacco history and production in North Carolina. You can also watch a 15 minute video to get yourself acclimated to surroundings...More

Very interesting tobacco farm and the history of tobacco. There is a good video of the process and real tobacco field.

I grew up visiting Duke Homestead, and over the years I've come to appreciate it more. So much of Durham's history is rooted here, with tobacco farming, and it's amazing to see how much it impacted our communities and state. Touring the property doesn't take...More