Thornwell-Elliott House is a historic home located at

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. It was built about 1877, and is a one-story, L-shaped frame dwelling in the

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style. The front façade features hip roofed porch with decorative brackets and turned

balustrade A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features. In furniture construction it is known as a spindle. Common materials used in its con ...

. It was added to the

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in 1992.

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