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Built by Firman Layman, this house is a prime example of original details from the late 1840's, when Greek Revival architecture was in vogue. Waitman Smithers, the toll collector and later superintendent of the C&D Canal, purchased the house in 1912. His son, Dr. Delmar Smithers, for whom the house is named, lived here with his family after his father's death and served the community as a dentist. In 1966, Delmar died at age 92 and left the house to his two daughters, Elizabeth and Margaret, who lived here until 1995. The Smithers sisters were instrumental in starting the Civic Association and Historic Commission, and in 1997 Lee Collins restored the home.
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Chesapeake City, Maryland · United States
