Big Duck
Historic commercial building in New York, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Long Island Duck" redirects here. For the breed of duck known as "Long Island duck", see American Pekin. For the baseball team, see Long Island Ducks.
The Big Duck is a ferrocement building in the shape of a duck located in Flanders, New York, on Long Island. It was originally built in 1931 by duck farmer Martin Maurer in nearby Riverhead, and used as a shop to sell ducks and duck eggs. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is a principal building on the Big Duck Ranch, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]
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The Big Duck | |
Location | Flanders, New York, Suffolk County, New York, USA |
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Coordinates | 40°54′25.32″N 72°37′21.18″W |
Built | 1930-31 |
Architectural style | Novelty architecture |
Website | http://www.bigduck.org/ |
NRHP reference No. | 97000164 |
Added to NRHP | April 28, 1997[1] |
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