Smith Farmhouse (Pasquo, Tennessee)

Smith Farmhouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Smith Farmhouse in 2005
Location	Pasquo, Tennessee, U.S.
Coordinates	36°02′07″N 86°58′52″W / 36.03525°N 86.9812°WCoordinates: 36°02′07″N 86°58′52″W / 36.03525°N 86.9812°W
Area	Original: 5 acres (2.0 ha) Increase: 48.4 acres (19.6 ha)
Built	c. 1815-1825
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	83004239[1] (original) 91000816 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 17, 1983[2]
Boundary increase	June 24, 1991

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

History

The house was built circa 1815-1825,^[3] and was redesigned many times.^[3] It was the home of James Hyphen 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 Washington George 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]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "Smith Farmhouse". National Park Service. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
3. 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" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved November 30, 2015. Associated 11 photos.