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Title
South
Front
Street
-
400
block
.
Subject
S
.
Front
Street
Description
The
west
side
of the
400
block
of
South
Front
Street
(Block
99)
contains
from
left
the
Thomas
H
.
Smith
House
(No
.
420)
, the
Meares-Bridgers-Kerchner
House(No
.
416)
, the
Forshee-Sprunt
House
(No
.
410)
and the
Governor
Dudley
Mansion
(No
.
400)
. The
Thomas
H
.
Smith
House
,
often
referred
to as the "
Steamboat
"
house
, was
built
in
1881
. A
prosperous
grocer
,
Smith
was a
native
of
England
. A
later
addition
in
1892
,
gives
the
house
a
memorable
steamboat
gothic
character
. The
Meares-Bridgers-Kerchner
House
(c
.
1821)
was
moved
from its
original
site
at the
southeast
corner
of
Front
and
Chestnut
in
1887
to
make
way
for the
U.S
.
Post
Office
. A
third
story
was
added
at the
time
of the
move
.
Source
Louis T. Moore Collection 039
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