The Historic District for our purposes will focus on the first 72 lots laid out in a 1750 survey, 2 years before the Town of Smithfield was incorporated. Also included are several houses added that predate the Civil War. The image below is taken from a map prepared by
Helen Haverty King, updated by the
Isle of Wight County Museum and
Isle of Wight County Historical Society. Drawings of the homes are from the same map. Without the dedicated and sustained efforts of the Museum and Historical Society, none of this research would have been possible. Copies of the entire map can be purchased from the
Museum.
Lots are listed in numerical order:
Lot 1-2 - 100 Main Street Todd House. Circa 1753, 1786.
Status unknown.
Feb 2023. Isle of Wight government building. 1940
Lot 3-4? - 108 Main Street. Christmas Store. Circa 1900.
Lot 7 - 112 Main Street. Smithfield Inn. Circa 1752.
Feb 2023 Operating Inn.
Lot 7 - 124 Main Street. Gaming House. Circa 1752.
Feb 2023. Maggie O'Caseys Retail.
Lot 8 - 130 Main Street. 1752 Courthouse. Circa 1752.
Feb 2023.
Lot 8 - 132 Main Street. Clerks Office. Circa 1799.
Feb 2023.
Lot 16 - 203 Main Street. Circa 1830.
Lot 17 - 112-116 South Mason Street. = 2 Houses
112 South Mason Street. Wills House. Pre-1800.
Jan 2023.
116 South Mason Street.
Jan 2023
Lot 27 - 213 South Mason Street. Folk House. Circa 1752, 1821.
Lot 28 - 211 South Mason Street. Smithfield Academy. 1836.
Lot 32 - 113 South Mason Street. Circa 1760.
29 Jan 23: Built 1750-1760, called the Mary Jackson House. Mason Street was formerly known as Driver's Alley for the Driver family of the area, then renamed Mason's Street for Freemasons who helped pave the local streets. Giles Driver was a mason by trade, Driver purchased the home from Mary Jackson's estate around 1765 and owned it for several years.
Lot 43 - 220 South Church Street. Eason-Whitley House. Circa 1750.
Lot 50 - 338 South Church Street. Dr. Merritt Cox.
Lot 52 - 352 South Church Street. Thomas Blow House. Early 1800s.
Lot 55 - 373 South Church Street. Benjamin Drew's Fireproof Storehouse
Lot 56 - 365 South Church Street. Wildon-Morrison House. 1775-1788
Lot 57 - 357 South Church Street. Barrett-Cowling House. 1825-1830; 1877
Lot 58 - 351 South Church Street. Archibald Atkinson House. 1820.
Lot 60-61. 335 South Church Street. Captain Sinclair House. Circa 1758.
Lot 67 - 213 South Church Street. Old Atkinson House. Circa 1800.
Lot 69 - 123 South Church Street. Grinnan House. Circa 1760; 1820s.
Lot 70 - 117 South Church Street. Captain Samuel Wentworth-Barrett House. 1752.
Feb 2023: Keep an eye out for the cat in the upper window.
Lot 71 Episcopal Church - 111 South Church Street. 1832.
Lot A - 705 Cedar Street. Arthur Smith IV House Windsor Castle. Circa 1750.
Town of Smithfield Founder.
Lot B - 235 Main Street. Storehouse. Circa 1826.
Lot C - 339 Main Street. Old Brick (Whitehead) House. Circa 1815
Lot D - 345 Main Street. Britt-Simpson House. Circa 1854.
Lot E - Main Street. Valentine House. Circa 1820, 1847.
Lot F - Off of Main Street. Pollard's House. Circa 1836.
Lot G - 200 Block Main Street. Mrs. Hillyer's House. Circa 1837
Lot I - 222 Grace Street. Hayden House. Pre 1812.
Lot J - 220 Grace Street. The Grove. Circa 1780.
So named because it once sat in a grove of oak trees.
Lot K. Pierceville. Circa 1740.
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