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Durham, North Carolina

  • Maplewood Cemetery

    Dating to 1869, soldiers and war veterans, tobacco magnates and community leaders rest here. Six Italian marble figures surround Carr family plot. Many gravesites marked with Victorian funeral art. ...
    Maplewood Cemetery
  • Geer Cemetery

    Founded in 1876 as the first cemetery for African-Americans in Durham. Margaret Faucette, founder of White Rock Baptist Church, and Edian Markham, founder of St. Joseph's AME church and organizer of ...
    Geer Cemetery
  • Beechwood Cemetery

    Contains graves of many of Durham's African American business and community leaders, including John Merrick, founder of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and C.C. Spaulding, General Manage...
    Beechwood Cemetery

Attractions and Upcoming Events


Art Craft Framing Company

Custom framing. Specializes in custom archival &

Durham, NC Arts


The Know Book Store and Restaurant

Full service book store specializing in African-American literature and periodicals.V,M

Durham, NC Businesses

Bennett Place State Historic Site

State Historic Site where the Civil War ended in 1865 when Confederate General Johnston surrendered to Union General Sherman 17 days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Reconstructed farm house, outbuildings, interpretive center and museum.

Durham, NC Historic Sites

Things to do near Durham, NC

Bravo! Ristorante

Italian-Business Attire ...

Raffaele's

Italian ...

Claremont Inn

An independently owned, twenty-six unit motel. ...