{"nrhp_refnum":"77000420","name":"Smith, W. E., House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"516 Flint Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.579661771000076,"lon":-84.16007771099999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-08-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house built c.1860 on the south side of the 500 block of Flint Avenue in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, built by Captain William E. Smith for his bride. It now serves as the Albany Area Museum.","why_significant":"It is said to be the first brick residence in Albany and is described as a locally outstanding mid-nineteenth century structure. Its design combines classical symmetry with bracketed eaves and technical innovations, including the first private waterworks for a residence in Albany. It is also tied to Captain Smith, a lawyer, Confederate officer, congressman and state legislator.","narrative":"Located on Flint Avenue in Albany, Georgia, this two-story brick house dates to about 1860 and is said to be the first brick residence in the city. Captain William E. Smith built it for his bride, Caroline Williams. The house is five bays wide, laid in common bond, with bracketed eaves, a central hall with an oval curved mahogany staircase, original mantels and wide flooring. Its design joins classical symmetry with bracketing, and local tradition says Smith had a well drilled and water pumped into the house, even to an upstairs bedroom, making it Albany's first private residential waterworks. Smith was a lawyer who commanded the Albany Guards in 1862, lost a leg in battle, and later served in Congress and the Georgia Legislature. In 1960 his grandson gave the house, through the Junior League of Albany, for use as a museum displaying Flint River area artifacts and rock collections.","period_of_significance":"c.1860","architect_builder":"Built by Captain William E. Smith","architectural_style":"Greek Revival and Italianate elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as the Albany Area Museum; condition listed as good and occupied, on its original site.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.212063-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/77000420.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000420/2699bd7b1d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77000420/2699bd7b1d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Blastoids","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.E._Smith_House.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Blastoids</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:W.E._Smith_House.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207872","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134297242"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/smith-w-e-house-77000420/"}