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103 River Street

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c.1887
103 River Street

Wood Frame Residential built by Thomas J. Smith
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This  contributing, 2-story,  wood frame residence  was constructed  in 1887 and features a gable-front  design  with cross-gabled,  rear wing with polygonal bay window.   The house has received modification  in the form of roof re-sheathing,  window  replacements  and siding.  The original 1-story, wrap-around porch with turned wood columns  and decorative bracing is intact.

Thomas Jefferson Smith was born in Horicon in 1853.  In 1882 he moved to Warrensburgh to accept the position of general manager of the B.P. Burhans & Son grist mill.  In 1885 he moved to Glens Falls and worked for Louis Weinman in the shirt manufacturing business.  A year later, in 1886, he returned to Warrensburgh and purchased the Burhans grist mill, which he continued to run until around 1918 under the name Thomas J. Smith and Son.  In 1887 he was elected Superintendent of the Poor and later served on the Board of Education.  He married Julia Barton of Horicon in 1875. They had five children; Bert, Mac, Frank, Myrtle and Scott.  (See Frank W. Smith.)

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