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George J. Smith House

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Smith had brought the Powell Cigar Company to the city, built a large factory and made it the Powell, Smith & Company. Later it became the American Cigar Company, with 1,800 employees at its peak. In the years after the house was built, he became active in
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The east profile has an inset porch on the second story near the front. It has similar decorative stickwork below its projecting gable. Next to it is another projection, a two-story three-sided bay topped with a
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politics, serving as the county committee chair and the state treasurer in the late 1890s. Four years after that, in 1902, he was elected to the
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The house remained a private residence until its use by the school. It has had no other modifications save those made for that use.
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In addition to being a representative example of the Queen Anne Style in Kingston, it was home to
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The Historic and Architectural Resources of Albany Avenue, Kingston, Ulster County, New York
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joined by a broad archway. Both have fireplaces with intricate classically inspired wooden
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At the northwest corner of the property is a small garage. It appears to have been a
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across Albany a short distance to the east. Another house is to the east with a
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The George J. Smith House is situated on a 100 by 450 feet (30 by 137 m)
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house built in the 1880s. Its interior has been slightly modified since then.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ulster County, New York
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
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section of Albany Avenue, a short distance east of its junction with
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New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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frame. It leads to a broad central hall flanked on the west by two
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The main entrance is a pair of wooden and glass doors in a heavily
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next door to the west is also listed on the Register, as is the
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National Register of Historic Places in Ulster County, New York
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built at the same time as the house, and is thus considered a
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The house itself is a three-story building on a brick
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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In 2002 it was listed on the 201: 1: 439: 397:The house first appears on a 226:is located on Albany Avenue ( 107:Show map of the United States 1062:National Historic Landmarks 474:Bonafide, John (June 2002). 19:United States historic place 7: 427: 266: 10: 1173: 392: 339:in pierced woodwork trim. 1081: 1050: 930: 595: 577: 538: 234:, United States. It is a 212: 200:NRHP reference  199: 189: 179: 171: 167:1.03 acres (4,200 m) 163: 126: 116: 60: 48: 44: 35: 28: 24: 1152:Houses completed in 1885 815:Richmond (Staten Island) 405:identifies the owner as 180:Architectural style 275:on the north side of a 551:Keeper of the Register 335:posts with decorative 320:multiple intersecting 1071:Outside New York City 566:National Park Service 546:Contributing property 387:contributing resource 327:On the south (front) 224:George J. Smith House 148:41.93278°N 74.01056°W 30:George J. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A wooden house with a complex and pointy red roof
George J. Smith House is located in New York
George J. Smith House is located in the United States
Kingston, New York
41°55′58″N 74°0′38″W / 41.93278°N 74.01056°W / 41.93278; -74.01056
Queen Anne
MPS
02001316
NY 32
Kingston, New York
Queen Anne
Style
frame
George J. Smith
congressman
National Register of Historic Places
Montessori school
lot
divided
Interstate 587
NY 28
John Smith House
Sharp Burial Ground
woodlot
foundation
sided
cedar
clapboard
pitched

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