Carson–Young House is a historic home located near

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. It was built about 1860, and is two-story, three-bay, frame

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with

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style design influences. A one-story, hip-roofed rear addition was built about 1951. It features a central, one-bay-wide, two-story porch is capped with a full pediment roof. Also on the property is a contributing two-story, brick schoolhouse (c. 1860) and barn. It was listed on the

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in 2011.

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