2011 Waughtown Street, Smith House, c.1900

A two-story tri-gable house with Queen Anne influences. It includes a partially enclosed wraparound porch; six-over-six double-hung sash; turned posts and sawn brackets; paired brackets at the eaves, and vinyl siding. The original double-leaf doors and sidelights still graced the house on our May 2021 tour, they have since been replaced - what a loss.

It is thought that this house was built by the MIlton Smith family, who resided here for much of the early twentieth century. (Sarah Smith was the daughter of William Spach, founder of Spach Wagon Works). The house was later used as the Waughtown Baptist Church Parsonage. 1902 CD: (3009) Milton and Sarah Smith (W), Smith and Phillips General Merchandise and M.D. Smith and Son (Waughtown Dairy Co.); 1910 CD: (3009) M.D. Smith (W), livery; 1920 CD: (3009) T. V. Linville (W), a soldier; 1930 CD: James and Katherine Reddick (W), credit manager at Brown Supply Co.; 1940 CD: same; 1950 CD: Reverend Avery Church (W), owner-occupant.

➤ Butler Street, to the left just a bit further up Waughtown Street, connects through to Reynolds Park Road. The street was named for William T. Butler, who was born a slave, but died a wealthy landowner. William originally worked as a wagonmaker, possibly at the Spach Wagon Works. By 1886, he was the largest black landowner between Salem and Waughtown, owning 37 acres of prime real estate along the Old Plank Road (Waughtown Street). According to his will, this land had formerly been owned by the Waughs and the Nissens. A mulatto, he figured prominently in the early history of Waughtown as did his descendants who numbered countless teachers and one of the first black dentists in the county. In the era immediately after the Civil War, Waughtown was a hub of influential blacks. (Source: Spencer McCall)