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James Smith House (Needham, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°16′49″N 71°13′36″W / 42.28028°N 71.22667°W / 42.28028; -71.22667
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James Smith House
Captain James Smith House
James Smith House (Needham, Massachusetts) is located in Massachusetts
James Smith House (Needham, Massachusetts)
James Smith House (Needham, Massachusetts) is located in the United States
James Smith House (Needham, Massachusetts)
Location706 Great Plain Avenue,
Needham, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°16′49″N 71°13′36″W / 42.28028°N 71.22667°W / 42.28028; -71.22667
Built1730
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.86001845[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1986

The James Smith House is a historic colonial house in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. It is a 2+12-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.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ "MACRIS inventory record for James Smith House". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-01.