In 1985 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in 1989 to the State Register of Historic Places.

[2] The state's survey form calls the Smith house "one of the best and earliest Italianate houses in Clinton."

It stands two stories, with brick walls on a foundation of rough-cut limestone.

At the top of the wall is a frieze with paired brackets supporting broad horizontal eaves, a hallmark of Italianate style.

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