Smith-Pearce House

Historic Property

Alternate Name:

Pearce, Christopher C. and Iris, house

Street Address:

103 Overbrook Circle

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Site Number:

1672

Control Number:

U/45/1672

Date Surveyed:

November 11 2002

Category:

Building

Construction Date:

1924

Historic Use:

Residential/Domestic

Current Use:

Residential/Domestic

Historic Core Shape:

Rectangular

Number of Stories:

2

Construction Method:

frame

Exterior Walls Materials:

Shiplap

Foundation Materials:

Brick

Roof Shape:

gable, lateral

National Register Determination:

not eligible

Signficant Architectural Features:

2-story, frame, side-gable house w/2 front gables; front-gable entry hood; single-leaf door w/sidelights; 6/1 and casement windows; brick foundation; German siding; operable shutters; 1-story, flat-roof wing

Historical Information:

The house was built as Greenville's 1924 Model Home at a cost of $7,000 and placed third in competition sponsored by the Better Homes in America Movement. Possibly built by the Woodside brothers to promote their new subdivision (Mrs. Robert I. Woodside chaired the Better Homes Week activities for the Woman's Bureau of the Greenville Chamber of Commerce in 1923 and 1924), the property was sold to Franklin Smith by the end of 1924. In 1929, after a sucession of other owners, Christopher C. Pearce Jr. purchased the house and resided there with his family for the next fifty years. Pearce was the owner of Pearce Young Angel Company, a food distribution business (PYA Monarch).

Source of Historical Information:

Greenville Journal (July 1926). Beiter and Finnochi, "Historic Overbrook".

Quadrangle Name:

Greenville

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