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Join Us!
Welcome to Durham, we hope you love it as much as we do.
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for our upcoming events and tours. Whether you're a local resident or visiting from out of town, we offer a variety of exciting experiences that will allow you to explore and learn about our community in new and unique ways. Our current walking tour offering is our Cocktails and Cornices Walking tour hosted once a month April-September, but we can also accommodate requests for private tours. Just reach out to ask!
Our events and tours are designed to be inclusive and fun for all ages and interests. We invite you to browse our calendar of events and tours, and sign up for the ones that interest you. Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or special requests. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing our City with you!
Upcoming Tours and Events
List of Services
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Preservation Durham/Pauli Murray Center: Queer History of Durham Fundraiser
November 8th, 2025. 2:30-5:00 pm Pauli Murray Center (906 Carroll St). $75/ticket.
Preservation Durham and the Pauli Murray Center are hosting a Queer History of Durham Tour fundraiser! Learn more about the numerous individuals, organizations, and activism that has shaped Durham into the LGBTQ+ safe space that it is today.
The tour will include a 1.5-hour bus tour, where attendees will learn more about the importance of built space for the protection, celebration, and community building within the LGBTQ+ community in Durham. The bus tour will include two outside excursions: to the Sarah P. Duke Gardens to visit the Stormie Daie mural and to the Pauli Murray Mural on 1101 W. Chapel Street.
We will then visit the Pauli Murray Center for an opportunity to visit the Fitzgerald House, where Pauli lived while in Durham. This will include a social component with light snacks and beverages.
Preservation Durham is also partnering with the Duke Human Rights Center to create a zine about the importance of preserving Queer spaces designed by two incredible, local artists, Kelsey Graywill of Hyperlocal Durham.
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Preservation Durham 2025 Annual Awards Ceremony
November 18th, 2025. 6-8pm. ReCity Network. 112 Broadway St. FREE
Preservation Durham is excited to be hosting our 2025 annual awards ceremony this fall! Join us as we celebrate our 10 awards winners who epitomize the best of Durham historic preservation and education.
Celebrate the amazing preservation work going on in Durham with food, drinks, and music!
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Cora Darrah Book Talk
December 9th, 6-7 pm. The Chesterfield, Suite 2908/2909. FREE.
Join us as local historian and author, Cora Darrah, discusses her new book Brodie Duke: The Man, They Myth, The Truth. Learn more about Brodie Duke, the son of the American Tobacco Company, and a tobacco entrepreneur in his own right. This book not only gives insight into the life of Brodie Duke, but also the rise of the city of Durham in conjunction with the rise of local tobacco manufacturing.
Thank you to the Sustaining Sponsors that help make Preservation Durham's work possible!
2025 Presenting Partner
Preservation Partner
George Watts Hill Circle
Deborah & James
Dobbins
Preservation Friends
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Sponsorship Sustains Our Work
Corporate sponsorship supports the work of Preservation Durham’s staff and volunteers, including advocating for preservation issues before city leaders, the Open Durham online program, and developing a grant program for historic renovations.
