Green Duke House Explained

Green Duke House
Location:SE of Manson off SR 1100, Soul City, near Manson, North Carolina
Coordinates:36.4144°N -78.2308°W
Built:c., c. 1900
Architecture:Georgian, post-Victorian
Added:August 7, 1974
Refnum:74001383

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.[1]

Duke was the surname of an early landowner, and Green the maiden name of his wife.[2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Survey and Planning Unit Staff. Green Duke House. National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . April 1974 . North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office . 2015-06-01.
  2. Book: Powell, William S.. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 2, D-G. 9 November 2000. University of North Carolina Press. 978-0-8078-6701-3. 119.