A.J. Smith House

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A. J. Smith House
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Location AR 385, Griffithville, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°7′35″N91°38′41″W / 35.12639°N 91.64472°W / 35.12639; -91.64472 Coordinates: 35°7′35″N91°38′41″W / 35.12639°N 91.64472°W / 35.12639; -91.64472
Arealess than one acre
Built1887 (1887)
Architectural styleVernacular T-shape
MPS White County MPS
NRHP reference No. 91001223 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 5, 1991

The A.J. Smith House was a historic house on Arkansas Highway 385 in Griffithville, Arkansas. It was a two-story wood-frame structure, with a T-shaped gable-roofed structure, weatherboard siding, and a foundation of brick piers. A hip-roofed porch extended across the front of the projecting T section and around the side. The house was built about 1887, and was one of White County's few surviving 19th-century houses. [2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1] It has been listed as destroyed in the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program database.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for A.J. Smith House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2016-01-26.