Hutcheson-Smith Home
Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built about 1896, this residence reflects influences of the Queen Anne style, including gingerbread trim. It is located on land owned in the 1890s by I.L. Hutcheson, a pioneer merchant of the Arlington area, and his son William Thomas Hutcheson, who later became an oilman in Archer City. In 1919 the house was purchased by S.T. Smith, a former educator and farmer. Owned by his family until the late 1970s, it serves as a reminder of Arlington's early development. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1982.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
In the 1890s Arlington was a small farming and trading community only recently stitched into the rail network of North Texas. This Queen Anne cottage, built around 1896 with its ornamental "gingerbread" trim, stood on land held by merchant I. L. Hutcheson, whose son later chased the Texas oil boom in Archer City. When former educator and farmer S. T. Smith bought the house in 1919, it passed into a family that kept it for another sixty years.
Why it matters
The home is a tangible reminder of how modest merchant and farm families built the small towns that would eventually grow into the sprawling Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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Related people
- · I. L. Hutcheson
- · William Thomas Hutcheson
- · S. T. Smith
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