National and State Registers of Historic Places
Results of Query:
County: Smith
Records: All Properties
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First National Bank Building
100 S. MainSmith Center (Smith County)
Listed in National Register Dec 27, 2006
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: vacant/not in use
Architectural Style(s): Romanesque; Late Victorian
The First National Bank building is a two-story, red brick building with limestone, red sandstone, and red granite accents. A limestone turret capped by a pressed tin cornice and conical roof defines the corner entrance. Constructed in 1889, the Richardsonian Romanesque building was built to replace a wood frame building. It was nominated for its architecture.
Grimes House
214 Park StreetSmith Center (Smith County)
Listed in National Register Mar 2, 2001
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: secondary structure; single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Modern Movement; Other
Thematic Nomination: Lustron Houses of Kansas
The Grimes House, constructed in 1949, is a one-story, side gabled, Lustron home designed in the two-bedroom Westchester Deluxe Plan. The exterior steel panels are desert tan with white trim. Built by the Smith Center company Attwood Implements for the Robert Grimes family, the Lustron was a prefabricated metal home that had interior features of built-in cabinets and bookshelves. It was nominated for its architecture and its significance as one of only a hundred Lustron houses extant in Kansas at the time of nomination.
Home on the Range Cabin
17 miles northwest of Smith CenterSmith Center (Smith County)
Listed in National Register Mar 26, 1973
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Other
The "Home on the Range" Cabin is a one-story log cabin with a simple gable roof constructed in 1875 by Dr. Brewster Higley. In 1872, Dr. Higley wrote a poem that provided the lyrics for the song "Home on the Range" and in 1873, a friend, Dan Kelley, wrote music to fit the poem. Originally known as "My Western Home," it was first published in the Smith County Pioneer in 1873. It became the Kansas state song in 1947. Dr. Higley lived in a dugout when the song was written, but then constructed and lived in the log cabin until the 1880s. The cabin was nominated for its association with Dr. Higley and the writing of the Kansas state song.
Martyn Lustron House
216 Park StreetSmith Center (Smith County)
Listed in National Register Mar 2, 2001
Architect: Not listed
Area of Significance: secondary structure; single dwelling
Architectural Style(s): Modern Movement; Other
Thematic Nomination: Lustron Houses of Kansas
The Martyn House, constructed in 1949, is a one-story, side gabled, Lustron home designed in the two-bedroom Westchester Deluxe Plan. The exterior steel panels are Maize yellow with dove gray trim. Built by the Smith Center company Attwood Implements for the James Martyn family, the Lustron was a prefabricated metal home that had interior features of built-in cabinets and bookshelves. It was nominated for its architecture and its significance as one of only a hundred Lustron houses extant in Kansas at the time of nomination.
