Davidson-Smitherman House
167 Third Ave., Centreville, ALThe Davidson-Smitherman House is significant as one of the remaining two out-standing pre-Civil War residences in Bibb County and as one of the two earliest and least altered extant residences constructed by Centreville' s premiere building partnership. Built in 1837, the Davidson-Smitherman and Henry-Kennedy. Houses illustrate the first wave of substantial home building in Centreville and are among the earliest domestic buildings attributed to George Howard (1802-67) and Enoch Carson (1797-1846). Only two other local houses document the work of Howard and/or Carson — the 1834 Howard House (which has suffered substantial cosmetic alterations)and the 1846 Mayberry-Moren House (locally believed to have been completed after Carson's death). The 2 1/2-story Davidson-Smitherman House has a full brick basement and an abundance of Federal Period detailing best exemplified in the window treatments(12/12 downstairs and 12/8 upstairs), the center hall floor plan, exterior end-wing chimneys, continuous reverse flight stairs to the 3rd floor and the Federal Period wainscotting, trims and mantels.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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