Clarence L. Smith (1894–1951) was an American architect. According to a drafted nomination for a proposed Fairmount Historic District in

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, he was a "locally prominent and prolific architect" of Salem.Note: The Fairmount Historic District was drafted but not finally nominated. Se
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. Smith was born in

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. In Portland, he apprenticed under Charles Ertz and then under O. L. DuPuy, and then under others in

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, and Portland again. He completed two years of study in architecture at

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in Ithaca. and A number of his works are listed on the

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Works

* Curtis Cross House (1924), 1635 Fairmount Ave., S. Salem, Oregon (original design by Clarence L. Smith, completed by architect Jamieson Parker), NRHP-listed *

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, the home of Elizabeth Lord and

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of the landscape architecture firm

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* Marion County Housing Committee Demonstration House, 140 Wilson St., S Salem, OR (Smith, Clarence L.), NRHP-listed * Edgar T. Pierce House, 1610 Fir St., S Salem, OR (Smith, Clarence L.), NRHP-listed * Dr. and Mrs. Charles G. Robertson House and Garden, 460 S. Leffelle St. Salem, OR (Smith, Clarence L.), NRHP-listed *One or more works in Gaiety Hill-Bush's Pasture Park Historic District, roughly bounded by Pringle Creek, Mission St., Bush's Pasture Pk., Cross, High, and Liberty Sts.

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(Smith, Clarence L.; et al.), NRHP-listed

References

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