Joel Smith House

Coordinates: 33°7′38″N 92°38′19″W / 33.12722°N 92.63861°W / 33.12722; -92.63861
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Joel Smith House
Joel Smith House is located in Arkansas
Joel Smith House
Location in Arkansas
Joel Smith House is located in the United States
Joel Smith House
Location in United States
LocationJct. of US 167 and Co. Rd. 5, El Dorado, Arkansas
Coordinates33°7′38″N 92°38′19″W / 33.12722°N 92.63861°W / 33.12722; -92.63861
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1840 (1840)
Built byJoel N. Smith
Architectural styleI-House
NRHP reference No.90001220[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 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]

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