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Photo Archives for Samuel Smith House
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| Date | Type | Size (k) | Comments |
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| 2002 | color | most recent | |
| 1991 | color | 144 | |
| 1956 | b/w | 43 | from E. Foster's History |
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Read more about Samuel Smith.
the following comments are copied from the application for the National
Historic Register
Samuel Smith purchased the property from John and Helen Strang in
1858 and there is reason to suspect that the south half of the house
was already extant. Local tradition dates the north half -- almost
an independent structure -- to 1905, but there is strong reason to
suspect that date, since such a relatively strong Italianate
building would be unlikely in the 20th Century (in defense of the
date, working class Italianate houses are known to have been built
in nearby Racine, Wis., as late as 1903).