Green Duke House is a historic

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located at

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, near Manson,

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. It was built about 1800 as a

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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

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columns. At the time of its listing, the house was being used as a day care center. Duke was the surname of an early landowner, and Green the maiden name of his wife. The house was listed on the

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in 1974.

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