Companies tagged with: Durham County
The Bennett Place includes a modern visitor’s center, three historic buildings, a museum, and a 15-minute audiovisual program. This was the site of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s surrender to Gen. William T. Sherman. The largest surrender of the Civil War.
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The site includes the 1852 homestead of Washington Duke, his 1869 tobacco factory, and barns used while he farmed tobacco on-site.
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Hayti was once one of America’s most successful African-American marketplaces and neighborhoods and was named in admiration of the independent island nation.
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This historic ballpark served as a major film location for the hit movie “Bull Durham” and was the original home of the Durham Bulls for more than 50 years. It now hosts the renowned Bull Durham Blues Festival each year.
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The museum displays original camera equipment and darkroom equipment from Hugh Mangum, accomplished photographer.
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The Museum of Durham History makes the stories of Durham's past available to the local community and its visitors. Visitors to the Museum’s first location, the History Hub, can see a rotating slate of interactive exhibits on the history of the Bull City.
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Since its founding, the museum has assembled nationally recognized collections, medical instruments and artifacts, prints, and photographs.
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Examples of 19th and 20th-century works by African American artists. Museum is located on the campus of NC Central University.
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The North Carolina plantation holdings of the Bennehan-Cameron families were among the longest of the pre-Civil War South. Approximately 900 slaves worked the land, which totaled almost 30,000 acres by 1860.
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Regional science/technology center dedicated to furthering education in the natural and physical sciences for people of all ages.
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