William Smith House (Hamilton, Virginia)
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William Smith House, also known as Jonas Smith House and Boidock House, is a historic home located at
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. It was built about 1813–1820, and is a two-story, three-bay, Federal-style brick dwelling. It has a recessed right-side dining and kitchen wing, also in brick, originally stories, now two stories. Also on the property are the contributing brick barn with diamond-patterned ventilation holes (ca 1813), two-story
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(c. 1813), a wide loafing shed, a large
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, and two-car garage (c. 1948). an
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in 2003.


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