Hannah Maria Libby Smith House, Federal-style residence in Provo, Utah.
The Hannah Maria Libby Smith House is a one-story orange brick home on a rubble rock foundation, with gabled roofs and unusually large six-on-six double-hung windows topped by Federal-style lintels with brackets. The original four brick rooms were joined by two wood rooms connecting to a raised granary by 1890. Inside, twelve-foot cove ceilings, original floors, and a 1920s chandelier remain.
Charles Warren Smith built this residence in 1878 for Hannah Maria Libby Smith, wife of a prominent church leader. The house was constructed during a period when the Mormon community was establishing permanent settlements in Utah Territory.
Hannah Maria Libby Smith was the sixth wife of apostle George A. Smith; she and her sister Sarah Ann both married him. After Sarah died of tuberculosis in 1851, Hannah raised Sarah's son John Henry Smith, who became an LDS apostle and father of church president George Albert Smith. Hannah's daughter Grace Libby Smith Cheever and two granddaughters lived in the house from birth to death.
The house is a private residence on East Center Street in Provo, passed down within the family, and is not open for tours. Visitors can view the exterior from the street, including the large six-on-six windows with Federal-style bracketed lintels and the original front porch. The raised granary at the back retains its delivery door, set too high off the ground to have been used for over 75 years.
The house's most unusual feature is the Federal-style lintel with brackets above every window, which are unusually large six-on-six sashes. The original four brick rooms were joined by two wooden rooms connecting to a raised granary by 1890; its back delivery door has been too far off the ground to use for over 75 years.
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