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

James E. Shepard Memorial Library

Repository for federal documents, maps and microfilm. Treasure Room houses many primary materials on African-American life and culture.

Durham, NC Memorials

Bird watching, boating/sailing, boat launches, boat rentals, camping, fishing, hiking, marina, picnic shelter, rock hounding. Open daily sunrise to sunset, March 1-June 30. Park access is free; fee charged for boating and fishing.

Durham, NC Lakes