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Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House

Coordinates: 42°16′03″N 94°44′20″W / 42.26750°N 94.73889°W / 42.26750; -94.73889
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Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House
Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House is located in Iowa
Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House
Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House is located in the United States
Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House
Location500 W. Main St.
Lake City, Iowa
Coordinates42°16′03″N 94°44′20″W / 42.26750°N 94.73889°W / 42.26750; -94.73889
Built1901
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSLake City Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.90001207[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 27, 1990

The Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House, also known as the Smith-Jacobs House, is a historic dwelling located in Lake City, Iowa, United States. G.C. Smith was born in Lake City in 1861, and his parents Peter and Sarah were pioneer settlers here.[2] He was a local businessman who married Lottie Belle Huff in Lake City. They had this 2½-story, brick, Queen Anne house built in 1901. John W. and Bertha Jacobs bought the house from the Smiths in 1913. He was a local attorney and politician. They lived in the house into the mid-1960s. The house was designed by a Racine, Wisconsin architect whose last name was Flagel. The high degree of integrity makes it significant.[2] The asymmetrical, cross-gable structure has a prominent porch on the southeast corner. Between the first and second floors is a beltcourse of rough brick, and there is a bracketed cornice at the roofline. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Tracy Ann Cunning. "Gen. Cass and Belle Smith House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-10.