NC-G97 Duke University

Marker text: DUKE UNIVERSITY

Formerly Trinity College. Name was changed in 1924 to honor Washington Duke whose son James B. Duke endowed the institution.

Division of Archives and History, 1979

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Location: West Main Street in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina

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