James Smith House | |
Location: | 706 Great Plain Avenue, Needham, Massachusetts |
Coordinates: | 42.2803°N -71.2267°W |
Built: | 1730 |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Federal |
Added: | August 21, 1986 |
Refnum: | 86001845 |
The James Smith House is a historic colonial house in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. It is a -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. Its front facade is symmetrical, with a center entrance with a Greek Revival surround consisting of flanking sidelight windows and a flat entablature above. The house was built c. 1727–28 by James Smith, a recent immigrant from Ireland. The house is one of the oldest in Needham.[1]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.