Record #:

15173

Author(s):

Tucker, Harry Z.

Abstract:

Judge Duncan Cameron moved to North Carolina in 1797 and constructed his home in 1803. The plantation encompassed 30,000 acres along the Neuse Valley in Durham County. Of note, scenes from the classic silent film \"The Birth of a Nation\" were shot at Farintosh because director D.W. Griffith believed the estate reflected the antebellum southern country home.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 6 Issue 1, June 1938, p5, 20, il

Subject(s):

Plantations--Durham County; Fairntosh Manor--Durham County; Birth of a Nation (Motion picture); Cameron, Duncan, 1777-1853; Griffith, D.W. (David Llewelyn Wark), 1875-1948