Bethel Christian Center

Bethel Christian Center is a church in Durham Township, North Carolina which is located on Rose Of Sharon Road. Bethel Christian Center is situated nearby to the neighborhood Braggtown.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bennett Place and Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory.

Bennett Place

Protected area

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Bennett Place is a former farm and homestead in Durham, North Carolina, which was the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War, when Joseph E. Bennett Place is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bethel Christian Center.

Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory

Protected area

Duke Homestead State Historic Site is a state historic site and National Historic Landmark in Durham, North Carolina. The site belongs to the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural resources and commemorates the place where Washington Duke founded the nation's largest early-20th-century tobacco firm, the American Tobacco Company. Duke Homestead and Tobacco Factory is situated 2 miles east of Bethel Christian Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Braggtown and Durham.

Braggtown

Neighborhood

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Bragtown is a neighborhood located in the northeastern corner of Durham, North Carolina. The community is centered on N. Roxboro Street and the Old Oxford Highway. Braggtown is situated 4 miles east of Bethel Christian Center.

Durham

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Of the three cities that make up North Carolina's Research Triangle, Durham has traditionally been the grittier, more working-class one. A city of about 283,500 residents in 2020, Durham's early wealth was built on tobacco and textiles, with a vibrant African-American community that once made the city a center for Black culture.