Francis West Smith House
Francis West Smith House | |
![]() Francis West Smith House | |
Location | 1002 W. 2nd Ave., Brodhead, Wisconsin |
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Coordinates | 42°37′14″N 89°22′40″W / 42.62056°N 89.37778°W / 42.62056; -89.37778 (Francis West Smith House) |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | 1877 (1877) |
Architectural style | Italianate |
NRHP reference No. | 79000083[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 17, 1979 |
The Francis West Smith House is a historic house at 1002 W. 2nd Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The house was built in 1877 for Francis W. Smith, a local grocer who moved to Wisconsin from New York. Smith wanted his house to be near his grocery store, and the house is still only a block away from Brodhead's commercial core. The house has an Italianate design featuring large front and rear porches, a bay window on the south side, tall and narrow arched windows on the front facade, and a low hip roof with a bracketed cornice. After Smith's death in 1882, his wife and daughter continued to live in the house; his daughter married local merchant Loudon Blackbourn, who also took over the Smith grocery building, and their descendants still own the house.[2]
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and to the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.[3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Condon, Joyce B. (March 9, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Smith, Francis West, House". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
- ^ "1002 W. 2nd Ave". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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