Experience Durham History
Historians have long considered Durham a significant destination for travelers enthusiastic about Civil War history.
Bennett Place - Site of the largest Confederate troop surrender, often cited as the end of the Civil War.
Duke Homestead - The tobacco industry began here, at Washington Duke's property.
Historic Stagville - One of the largest plantations in the South prior to the war.
Maplewood Cemetery - Civil War veterans, tobacco barons and prominent community members.
Old Durham County Courthouse - Site of Confederate memorial.
West Point on the Eno - City park, home site of Willie P. Mangum, photography museum.
Other Experiences
Bennett Place
Living History at Bennett Place |
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Duke Homestead
Modern Day Reenactment |
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Retrace the beginnings of the modern-day tobacco industry at this National Historic Landmark where Washington Duke started his successful tobacco empire. Duke family's mid-1800s home, tobacco barns, original factory and museum showcase tobacco history and production and pioneering marketing strategies.
2828 Duke Homestead Road
(919) 477-5498
Map / Driving Directions
Duke Homestead website
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Historic Stagville
Interior of the Great Barn |
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Once among the South's largest plantation holdings. Features an 18th-century house, slave quarters, and a unique great barn at this historic site dedicated to preservation and African-American cultural, historic studies.
5828 Old Oxford Highway
(919) 620-0120
Map / Driving Directions
Historic Stagville website
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Maplewood Cemetery
Gravestone of Captain Jack W. Allen
Confederate States of America Marker |
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Over 100 acres of history, dating to 1869. Civil War veterans and soldiers, tobacco magnates, and community leaders rest here. Many gravesites marked with Victorian funereal art. Six Italian marble figures surround Carr family plot, while the Duke Mausoleum sits on cemetery's highest knoll.
1621 Duke University Road
(919) 560-4156
Map / Driving Directions
Maplewood Cemetery website
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Old Durham County Courthouse
Confederate Memorial |
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Site of Confederate memorial. Renovated 1916 Neo-Classical Revival building of Indiana limestone. Facade of fluted stone pilasters with Corinthian capitals, solid bronze doors, and stone balconies.
200 East Main Street
Map / Driving Directions
Waymarking photo and review
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West Point on the Eno
McCown-Mangum House |
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Located along the Eno River in northern Durham, the park features a reconstructed 1778 working grist mill with cornmeal for sale, the historic McCown-Mangum House dating to the mid-1800s, the Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography, hiking trails, and amphitheater. Picnicking, hiking, rafting, and canoeing available.
5101 N Roxboro Rd (US Hwy 501)
(919) 471-1623
Map / Driving Directions
West Point on the Eno website
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Other Experiences
26th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
Reenacting one of North Carolina's most famous units.
The Civil War Reenactors
Reenactment information, forums, resources.
The Civil War Reenacting Headquarters for Civil War Reenactment Events, Sutlers, and Information
Reenactment information, forums, resources.
NC Civil War Sesquicentennial
Events and other activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in North Carolina, 2011-2015.
