Benjamin Franklin Smyth House | |
Location | 207 Smyth Road, Louisville, Mississippi |
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Coordinates | 33°05′52″N 89°04′24″W / 33.09778°N 89.07333°W |
Area | 19 acres (7.7 ha) |
Built | 1840 |
Architectural style | Single-pen log;hall & parlor |
NRHP reference No. | 94000064 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 1994 |
The Benjamin Franklin Smyth House is a historic house in Louisville, Mississippi. It was built in 1840 for John Brown Smyth, a settler who owned slaves, and his four sons. [2] After his death, his son Benjamin Franklin Smyth inherited the house and expanded it with the help of another brother, Samuel Washington Smyth, [2] who also built the Foster-Fair House. Benjamin Franklin Smyth lived in this house with his wife, née Margaret Tankersley, and at least one son, Sylvester. [2] By the 1990s, the house still belonged to the Smyth family. [2]
The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since February 25, 1994. [1]