Samuel G. Smith Farm

Built in 1888 (Italianate architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

From the record

“Smith Farm is a historic home and farm located in Center Township, Wayne County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1888, and is a two-story, Italianate style brick dwelling with Queen Anne style design elements.”
Wikipedia article Samuel G. Smith Farm, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 40 National Register listings published here for Wayne County · listed in 1983 · category: Building · built in 1888, Italianate architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 4 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Smith, Samuel G., Farm - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. W of Richmond at 3431 Crowe Rd., Richmond, 47374
When was it listed? January 1983
Category. building
Township. Center township
When was it built? 1888
Architectural style. Italianate architecture, Queen Anne style
National Register reference number. 83000044 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

12,705 words

The chapter on Center Township in History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872 names Richmond. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

McCoy, from Kentucky, who had settled, with Ilolman and others, in 1805, a few miles south of Richmond, and who removed, in 1813, to this township, where his sons John and Morgan now reside. Joseph W. Jackson, now next north, was an early settler, and near there, Jacob Hyers, who died in Madison county. Wm. Crawford, where now Richard G.

Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.

Charmaii lives. Crawford also manufactured wliisky on a small scale, and was, probably, the first distiller in the county. Caleb Jackson, where his son Caleb B. Jackson now resides. Greenbury Cornelias, in 1811, on the land belonging to the present county asylum. Wm. Harvey, on the quarter east of the above. John Harvey, from JSTorth Carolina, on land now owned by the heirs of John P. Harvey. Robert Commons, from Virginia, settled, in 1813, where he died December 19, 1837, aged 90 years; the place now owned by John Myers. James Townsend, from South Carolina, on land now owned by Melinda King. Joseph Holman, on the land now owned by Wm. Q. Elliott. Axium Elliott, from ISTorth Carolina, three miles north from Centerville; land now owned by Mark Elliott's heirs. Robert Galbraith, where Joseph A. Commons resides, four miles north from town. John Copeland, first, afterward Daniel King, from Kentucky, about 1816, near where he now lives. His son Levi now lives on the homestead. Robert Culbertson, from Kentucky, in 1815, on land lately owned by Leonard Wolfert, now by Lorenzo D, King. He lives with his son William, four miles north of Centerville. Edward Benbo, on the land now owned by the heirs of Jackson Culbertson. Walter Roberts, from South Carolina, son of Thomas Roberts, an early settler near Richmond, settled, in 1816, where he now lives. John Stigleman, where his son Henry now resides. Joseph t)verman, from JSTorth Carolina, about 1813, where he still resides, in the north-east part of the township. Michael Harvey, from North Carolina, in the

Passage source: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time : with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches, published 1872.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Center Township - 12,705 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Samuel G. Smith Farm: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	A and D Excavation Company	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Cain's Lake Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this property

60 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richmond, the town this property stands in, in 98 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 53 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 12 flood, 8 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$200,000	Six homes were damaged on the south side of Richmond. Also, a barn was reported blown over and several trees were knocked down.
June 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$80,000	There were two reports of roofs blown of buildings in Richmond due to thunderstorm winds. A school and a house also sustained roof damage. Numerous trees, tree limbs, and power lines were downed in the area.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$60,000	Four trees fell on a house. Numerous other trees were reported down in the area. A house sustained roof damage. A trailer was pushed onto a porch. The roof was blown off of a press box and a dugout at a stadium. These occurrences were due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2000	Tornado (F1)	Richmond	$40,000	Trees were knocked down throughout the city. A roof was blown off of a church on the 4700 block of National Road. Both a hotel and a restaurant sustained roof damage, and the hotel had a sign destroyed.
October 1998	Lightning	Richmond	$25,000	Lightning struck a home causing significant structural damage.
April 2011	Heavy Rain	Richmond	$20,000	Basements were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$15,000	A roof was blown off of a building on South 8th Street.
October 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$15,000	A large tree fell on two cars in Richmond due to thunderstorm winds.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$10,000	Numerous trees were downed in and around Richmond.
July 2003	Flash Flood	Richmond	$10,000	Several homes sustained basement flooding.
July 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$10,000	Numerous trees downed.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$8,000	A tree was knocked down onto a house in the 800 block of Elk Country Club Road.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$8,000	A roof was peeled off of a house. Several trees were downed as well.
June 2008	Hail	Richmond	$8,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$7,000	Numerous full sized trees and power lines were knocked down in and around Richmond.
May 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$7,000	Multiple trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds. One tree fell on a house due to the winds.
April 2024	Flood	Richmond	$5,000	High water was reported on several roads in the Richmond area. The high water damaged a culvert pipe west of Porterfield Road.
November 2017	Flash Flood	Richmond	$5,000	Rising water was rushing into a home on Liberty Avenue, leading to a water rescue.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Trees limbs were downed on power lines and a tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds.
March 2011	Flood	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
February 2011	Flood	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous roads were closed due to high water.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Trees were reported down in multiple areas north of Richmond.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Several trees and power lines were downed, focused on the northwest and southeast areas of the county.
August 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Several trees and power poles were downed.
September 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous trees were downed, including one on a home, causing minor damage.
May 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Several large limbs were downed at the Richmond Mall.
May 2001	Hail	Richmond	$5,000	Three-quarter inch diameter hail fell 2 miles northwest of Richmond and trees and power lines were knocked down in Richmond.
May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Trees and power lines downed.
June 1999	Flash Flood	Richmond	$5,000	Standing water was reported in the city of Richmond. Flooded roads were also closed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines downed.
June 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines downed.
April 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines were downed by high winds in Richmond and Williamsburg. Historic Templeton Cabin and another home in Richmond sustained damage from fallen trees. Richmond Airport measured 91 mph winds.
August 2007	Hail	Richmond	$5,000	no account filed
November 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	A hollow, full-sized tree fell onto a roof.
July 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Several trees downed due to thunderstorm winds from near Centerville to the south side of Richmond.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Large limbs and power lines were downed in south Richmond due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Damage occurred to road construction signs due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Large tree limbs were downed in town.
March 2007	Flood	Richmond	$3,000	Roads were flooded and closed across the county.
March 2007	Flood	Richmond	$3,000	Numerous roads were flooded and closed across the county due to the heavy rainfall.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Large tree limbs were downed.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	A few trees were knocked down.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	A few trees and power poles downed.
September 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Trees were downed on the north side of town.
November 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	Numerous large limbs down.
October 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$3,000	no account filed
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,500	A tree was knocked over and a power pole was damaged.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	Several trees were downed in the Richmond area.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	Two trees were downed in the Richmond area due to thunderstorm winds.
October 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	In addition to the wind gust, many trees were also reported down around the area due to the damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008	Flash Flood	Richmond	$2,000	Old State Route 122 and US Route 27 were flooded between Boston and Richmond.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	One tree and large limbs were downed.
August 2007	Hail	Richmond	$2,000	Two trees were also downed.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	Large limbs and powerlines were knocked down.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	Five trees were knocked down.
January 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$2,000	no account filed
June 2024	Flash Flood	Richmond	$1,000	A tree was downed over a road due to flood waters.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$1,000	A tree was downed.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$1,000	A tree was knocked down near the 700 block of 11th and 12th Streets.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Richmond	$1,000	A tree was uprooted at the corner of Richmond Avenue and Sedgwick Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Eliason Farm	1.5 miles	2019
Lewis Jones House	1.6 miles	1984
Earlham College Observatory	2.1 miles	1975
Mary Birdsall House	2.1 miles	1999
David Worth Dennis House	2.1 miles	2001
King-Dennis Farm	2.5 miles	2000

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 83000044 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wayne County	All 40 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.