Joel Smith House

Historic house in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Joel Smith House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


33°7′38″N 92°38′19″W / 33.12722°N 92.63861°W / 33.12722; -92.63861
Area	4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
Built by	Joel N. Smith
Architectural style	I-House
NRHP reference No.	90001220^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 31, 1990

The Joel Smith House is a historic house at the northeast corner of the junction of United States Route 167 and County Route 5 in rural Union County, Arkansas. Built c. 1840, this two-story vernacular I-house was the home of Joel Smith, one of the first white settlers of Union County. The house is a rare surviving early example of a typical colonial-style house with matching shed-roof side porches. The property is also thought likely to yield archaeological finds useful in assessing and understanding frontier life in the area.^[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Joel Smith House". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-05-10.