Green Duke House
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| Location | SE of Manson off SR 1100, Soul City, near Manson, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 36°24′52″N 78°13′51″W / 36.41444°N 78.23083°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | c.1800, c. 1900 |
| Architectural style | Georgian, post-Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001383[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 7, 1974 |
Green Duke House is a historic plantation house located at Soul City, near Manson, Warren County, North Carolina. It was built about 1800 as a Georgian style dwelling, and remodeled in the post-Victorian style about 1900. It is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof. The front and rear facades feature one-story porches with elaborate Ionic order columns. At the time of its listing, the house was being used as a day care center.[2]
Duke was the surname of an early landowner, and Green the maiden name of his wife.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Survey and Planning Unit Staff (April 1974). "Green Duke House" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^ Powell, William S. (November 9, 2000). Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 2, D-G. University of North Carolina Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-8078-6701-3.
