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Smithson-McCall Farm
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| Location: | 6779 Comstock Rd., Bethesda, Tennessee |
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| Area: | 256.3 acres (103.7 ha) |
| Built: | c. 1830, c. 1860, c. 1920, c. 1940 |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival, "Hall and parlor architecture" |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Historic Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS[2] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 07000158[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 15, 2007 |
Smithson-McCall Farm is a 256.3-acre (103.7 ha) historic district in Bethesda, Tennessee that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. It is locally significant "in how the property documents the impact of the progressive agricultural movement of the early twentieth century on the operations and landscape of a middle-class family farm", and it includes an "architecturally significant group of buildings and structures, placed within an agricultural landscape of high integrity...that represents a good example of farmstead architecture in Middle Tennessee and that reflects the impact of the Progressive Farm movement of the early twentieth century".[3]:12
The property is or was also known as Smithson-Fisher Farm, Happy Hills Farm, WM. 1043, Fisher Farm or Bag End Farm.[1]
The farmhouse was constructed c. 1830 and changed significantly c. 1860 and c. 1920. Additional farm structures were added during c.1920-c.1940, including a dairy barn, a dairy silo, a well house, a burley tobacco barn, a water trough, a garage, a smokehouse, a chicken coop. And there are ponds and a notable agricultural landscape.[3]
It includes Colonial Revival and "Hall and parlor" architecture and other architecture.[1]
When listed, the district included seven contributing buildings, six contributing structures, and one contributing site.[1]
The listing is described in its NRHP nomination document.[3]
The property was covered in a study of Historic Family Farms in Middle Tennessee MPS [2]
As "Fisher Farm", it is listed as a Tennessee Century Farm. It is an intact working farm with sheep.[3]:5,_
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