| Smith-McCurry House | |
| Nearest City: | El Dorado, Arkansas |
| Coordinates: | 33.2212°N -92.5907°W |
| Architecture: | Bungalow/craftsman, Greek Revival |
| Added: | October 15, 1992 |
| Refnum: | 92001394 |
The Smith-McCurry House is a historic house on Arkansas Highway 15, 3.5miles east of El Dorado, Arkansas. The oldest portion of the house is a single-story dog trot house that was built in 1867 by Lawson Smith for his son David Carroll Smith. The house was inherited in 1919 by Mamie Smith McCurry, notable as a prominent investor in early oil exploration in Union County. The third well in the county, a successful gusher, was drilled on her land. She then invested further in oil exploration, forming a partnership with Bruce Hunt, a geologist, and the drillers Hensy and Zoda, and eventually participating in exploratory drilling operations in seven states. She used proceeds from her oil successes to expand the homestead and add then-popular Craftsman details to it.[1] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.