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Duke University
Duke University Durham, NC 27708 (919) 684-8111
A private coeducational research university named for Washington Duke, the father of tobacco industrialist James B. Duke who established “The Duke Endowment”.

Horton Grove
5828 Old Oxford Highway Durham, NC 27712
Formerly an enslaved African-American community who belonged to the prominent Cameron and Bennehan families; many former slave dwellings still stand today in Horton Grove.

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
433 Murray Road Durham, NC 27704 Phone: 919-220-5429
A science museum featuring an array of largely hands-on exhibits, including a butterfly house - Magic Wings. 3 Story conservatory. Tropical year-round 80 Degrees. Nature park with red wolves and black bears.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Approximately 55 acres of landscaped and wooded areas at Duke University; the gardens are a memorial to Sarah P. Duke, wife of Benjamin N. Duke, one of Duke University’s benefactors

Durham Central Park
An arts-themed, community focused, municipal park in downtown Durham

Historic Stagville Plantation
Part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South, comprised of roughly 30,000 acres and former “home” to nearly 900 slaves; Stagville’s historic housing include several former slave residences known as “Horton Grove”

The Streets at Southpoint
A regional shopping mall located just off I-40 and Fayetteville Road

West Point Mill
A historic watermill on the Eno River just north of Durham. This 388-acre park is located along a two-mile stretch of the scenic Eno River, six miles north of downtown Durham. You can enjoy a leisurely picnic and stroll around the grounds, or take a hike through the woods on one of the park trails.

American Tobacco Historic District
Mailing address: 318 Blackwell Street Suite 150 Durham,
North Carolina, 27701-3600
In 2004, the previously abandoned American Tobacco campus in Durham was reopened as a complex of offices, shops and restaurants developed by Capitol Broadcasting

Ninth St.
A collection of retail, bookshops, coffee shops, restaurants

NC School of Science and Math
1219 Broad Street Durham, NC 27715
Opened in 1980, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is the countries first public residential High School and located just outside historic downtown Durham.

Duke Forest
Duke University, West Campus, Durham, NC
The Duke Forest comprises 7,050 acres of land in Alamance, Durham and Orange counties.



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		Duke University Duke University Durham, NC 27708 (919) 684-8111 A private coeducational research university named for Washington Duke, the father of tobacco industrialist James B. Duke who established “The Duke Endowment”. Horton Grove 5828 Old Oxford Highway Durham, NC 27712 Formerly an enslaved African-American community who belonged to the prominent Cameron and Bennehan families; many former slave dwellings still stand today in Horton Grove. North Carolina Museum of Life and Science 433 Murray Road Durham, NC 27704 Phone: 919-220-5429 A science museum featuring an array of largely hands-on exhibits, including a butterfly house - Magic Wings. 3 Story conservatory. Tropical year-round 80 Degrees. Nature park with red wolves and black bears. Sarah P. Duke Gardens Approximately 55 acres of landscaped and wooded areas at Duke University; the gardens are a memorial to Sarah P. Duke, wife of Benjamin N. Duke, one of Duke University’s benefactors Durham Central Park An arts-themed, community focused, municipal park in downtown Durham Historic Stagville Plantation Part of one of the largest plantation complexes in the American South, comprised of roughly 30,000 acres and former “home” to nearly 900 slaves; Stagville’s historic housing include several former slave residences known as “Horton Grove” The Streets at Southpoint A regional shopping mall located just off I-40 and Fayetteville Road West Point Mill A historic watermill on the Eno River just north of Durham. This 388-acre park is located along a two-mile stretch of the scenic Eno River, six miles north of downtown Durham. You can enjoy a leisurely picnic and stroll around the grounds, or take a hike through the woods on one of the park trails. American Tobacco Historic District Mailing address: 318 Blackwell Street Suite 150 Durham, North Carolina, 27701-3600 In 2004, the previously abandoned American Tobacco campus in Durham was reopened as a complex of offices, shops and restaurants developed by Capitol Broadcasting Ninth St. A collection of retail, bookshops, coffee shops, restaurants NC School of Science and Math 1219 Broad Street Durham, NC 27715 Opened in 1980, the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics is the countries first public residential High School and located just outside historic downtown Durham. Duke Forest Duke University, West Campus, Durham, NC The Duke Forest comprises 7,050 acres of land in Alamance, Durham and Orange counties.
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