Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory

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United States historic place

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Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Tobacco Barns at Duke Homestead
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Nearest city	Durham, North Carolina
Coordinates	36°2′6″N 78°55′16″W / 36.03500°N 78.92111°W / 36.03500; -78.92111
Area	43.8 acres (17.7 ha)
Built	1852
NRHP reference No.	66000590
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1966
Designated NHL	November 13, 1966

Duke Homestead State Historic Site is a state historic site and National Historic Landmark in Durham, North Carolina. The site belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources and commemorates the place where Washington Duke founded the nation's largest early-20th-century tobacco firm, the American Tobacco Company.

History

The Duke Homestead was built about 1852 by Washington Duke, on a farm that was about 300 acres (120 ha) in size when the American Civil War broke out. During the war, the property was, like many others, looted by Union Army. With little left beyond a small supply of tobacco, the family shifted from tobacco farming to tobacco processing, introducing cigarettes in 1881 to compete with loose-leaf tobacco.

This property is where the Dukes did their early tobacco processing, eventually moving into downtown Durham in 1874. The Duke business was incorporated as the American Tobacco Company in 1890, and was the largest tobacco company in the world until an antitrust suit broke it up in 1911.

In 1931, the farm was purchased by Duke University, and in 1966, the Duke Homestead was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. It became a North Carolina State Historic Site in 1974, administered by the North Carolina State Division of Archives and History.

Description

The property now consists of more than 40 acres (16 ha) of the original Duke lands, on which stand the original Duke Homestead and several barn-like "factory" structures in which the Dukes cured, processed, and packed their tobacco. The very first building in which they worked, a log barn, was destroyed by fire, and was reconstructed in 1931.

Museum

Today, the site is a museum where tourists can view the restored 1852 Duke Homestead with four furnished rooms, tobacco barns and various artifacts. The visitor center features the Tobacco Museum, with exhibits about tobacco farming, processing and the history of tobacco. Various readings and presentations are available in the Visitor Center.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Historic Landmark summary". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 20, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2009.

External links

Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum
Duke Homestead Archived 2009-03-21 at the Wayback Machine - North Carolina State Historic Sites

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American Tobacco Company

Companies

Founding companies	Allen & Ginter W. Duke & Sons Goodwin & Co. W.S. Kimball & Co. Kinney Brothers
Joint venture	British American Tobacco (1902–94)
Subsidiary	Lucky Strike (1905–94)

People

Buildings

Company	Duke Factory Historic District Prizery South Richmond Complex Trail Warehouses Complex
Duke family	Benjamin Duke Doris Duke James Duke (NY) James Duke (NC)

Memorabilia

Baseball cards	T201 T202 T205 T206 Honus Wagner Ty Cobb

American Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister

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