Smith Farmhouse (Pasquo, Tennessee)

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Smith Farmhouse
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Location Pasquo, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates 36°02′07″N86°58′52″W / 36.03525°N 86.9812°W / 36.03525; -86.9812
AreaOriginal: 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Increase: 48.4 acres (19.6 ha)
Builtc. 1815-1825
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No. 83004239 [1]  (original)
91000816  (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1983 [2]
Boundary increaseJune 24, 1991

The Smith Farmhouse is a historic house in Pasquo, Tennessee, USA.

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History

The house was built circa 1815–1825, [3] and was redesigned many times. [3] It was the home of James Hyfel Smith (1788-1845) his wife Lucy Greer (1793-1872), and their eleven children. [3] Smith ran a store in Pasquo. [3] After he opened another store in Brush Creek, Tennessee, the house was lived in by his son George Washington Smith and his ten children. [3] Later, another son, Walter Sparel Smith, lived in the house with his nine children. [3] It was then inherited by his son, Charles Benjamin Smith, who lived there with his five sons, and finally by his grandson, Charles Randall Mungovan. [3] Meanwhile, the Smith family continued to run stores in Pasquo and Bush Creek, as well as Una, Tennessee. [3]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 17, 1983. [2] The boundaries were increased in 1991 to total 53.4 acres of land historically owned by the Smith family, this is what remains of the original 98-acre farm. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Smith Farmhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shain Dennison (July 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Smith Farmhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2015. Associated 24 photos.
  4. Shain Dennison (January 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Smith Farmhouse Boundary Increase". National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2015. Associated 11 photos.