Experts' Choice Award Duke Homestead
4 expert reviews
“Explore the family's humble beginnings at this State Historic Site, which includes the first ramshackle "factory" as well as the world's largest spittoon collection.”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "The Duke homestead, where Washington Duke opened his first tobacco factory in a rickety one-room barn, is today a National Historic Landmark." Full review
Where "The property depicts the early days of the Duke family's life and tobacco business. Its first, bare-bones tobacco factory, pack house and curing barn are open for tours." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"The Duke Homestead, 4 miles north, remains intact. Hourly tours lead through barns and outbuildings, but you're free to wander the farm, after enjoying a museum of tobacco history " Full review
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