Smith House

Smith House, c. 2008

Smith House, c. 1904

Professor George P. Smith was a Vermont native who came to The University of Arizona in 1900, and during the next fifty-five years became a recognized authority on all aspects of water supplies in Arizona. He was active in the municipal affairs of Tucson and contributed much to the early planning of the city. The house, located at 1195 E. Speedway Boulevard, was the first personal home in Tucson built north of Speedway Boulevard. The adjacent Cannon-Douglas house was the second, and together they are the only remaining early professors' houses adjacent to the University. The house was listed on the National Register in 1982 and remained in the family until it was given to the UA in 1989.

The house is now occupied by the College of Architecture's Center for Preservation Studies.