Dr. Robert Smith House, Historic residence in Akron, United States.

Dr. Robert Smith House is a two-story wooden residence built in the Craftsman style, with deep roof overhangs, exposed beams, and a front porch supported by brick columns. The interior has been carefully restored to show how the rooms were arranged and furnished during the 1930s.

The house was built in 1914 and bought in 1915 by Robert and Anna Smith; Dr. Bob, a physician, had struggled with alcoholism since his college years. In 1935 Bill W. spent several months living with the Smiths, and it was probably around the kitchen table that the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous took shape. Smith stayed until his death in 1950; the Founders Foundation bought the house in 1984, and it became a National Historic Landmark in 2012.

The rooms are arranged as they were in the 1930s, particularly the Surrender Room where visitors can see how spiritual principles became central to recovery practices. This space shows how the home functioned as both a residence and a place where people gathered to support one another.

The house stands at the northwest corner of Ardmore and Everett Avenues, in a residential area northwest of downtown Akron. Visitors tour the restored rooms, including the upstairs Surrender Room, on their own. The building is maintained by the nonprofit Dr. Bob's Home, which also runs community education about AA's formation.

The house retains hiding places where Dr. Bob stashed liquor during his drinking years, and one upstairs bedroom is called the "Surrender Room", where recovering alcoholics still surrender to a Higher Power according to AA's tenets.