Smith, Samuel, House And Tannery

stone, large hand hewn beams and an exit, enclosed with modern cement Animal hair was used in the mortar of the exterior walls and the plaster places, with the room to the west having its original mantel trimmed with & hand made built in cabinet made of cherry wood. The corners of the curves, suggestive of adam deta1ling. CONDITION FAIR _UNALTERED steps of large stones. chimneys appear to have been rebuilt at an undetermined time. CHECK ONE The house has five facade bays and five bays on the longer east tanning vats are still visible by depressions in the basement floor. open frame porch which protects the rear of the Main block and the rear level rooms in the front of the house facing Jefferson St.,have fire- evident that a chair-rail once adorned the walls of both floors.

which once housed the tannery, has stone walls, an open fireplace of the east side of the building and two entrances open to a one story The central rooms of the rear north wing, which faces the end chimneys straddle the rooflines near each of the gable ends.The - UNEXPOSED X_ORIGINAL SITE -GOOD -RUINS DATE : level middle facade bay. style, with blocks, to the outside toward Paint Creek. The configuartion of the Asphalt shingles cover wooden shingles on the gable roof. Inset The original interior remains largely intact, although it is still retain their original floors with pine, poplar and oak boards. The apartment.

The entrance is plain with a reproduction The Samuel Smith House and Tannery, constructed of squared and foundation is of squared and coursed rubble.The exterior of the house paneled door in character with the house.Another entrance exists on double hung sash and one light over one.The sash is not original. The old front stairway was retained.

of architecture, is significant as a survival of Greenfield, Ohio, archi- Samuel Smith took over the tannery from his father and brother. The house was built in 1821 and 1822 by William Robinson, & first cousin in Greenfleld, which had been founded in 1799 by Duncan Mo Arthur, who became Governer of Ohio in 1832. Local historians have determined that there was land left between the street and the house. Samuel Smith's wife was Nancy Mitchell, one of the first children Samuel M. Smith, born in Greenf1eld in 1816, became an eminent physician ART X1800-1899 LAW Creek.

ECONOMICS ENGINEERING EDUCATION PERIOD medicine AGRICULTURE SIGNIFICANCE THEATER PHILOSOPHY TRANSPORTATION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC LITERATURE _1700-1799 XARCHITECTURE RELIGION OTHER(SPECIFY) _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT _POLITICS/GOVERNMENT XSCIENCE _COMMUNICATIONS _PREHISTORIC tecture of an early period.It is also significant because of its authority on aliensim, the science of diseases of the mind. His statue -SCULPTURE replaced the original primitive structure with the present stone house. _1400-1499 The history of the building begins before its actual construction. which was established in 1802 by John Kingerey.In 1837,Smith estab- an antique-gift shop and the upstairs as an apartment.

came to Greenfield from Pennsylvania with his sons Robert and Samuel in Greenfield.It is also the oldest remains of a pioneer industry still the house is the oldest building still standing-on its original location street (Jefferson)because the landowner was charged a higher tax if _COMMERCE _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1500-1599 -1600-1699 - MILITARY appearance inso far as it is practicable.The first floor is used for of medical science in Ohio. lished a shoe and leather shop so he would have an outlet for his pro- _1900- -MUSIC The Samuel Smith House and Tannery, influenced by the Federal style In 1812, William Robinson Smith, & veteran of the Revolutionary War, a son to be born in the house.