Predating the founding of the Republic, the ca. 1757 Thomas Smith House is one of the few remaining resources from the 18th century agricultural past of Feeding Hills. The history of its residents represents the long history of farming in this section of Agawam. The shift into working outside the community by its later owners is representative of the pattern of suburban development that occurred in the town and throughout the country in the early twentieth century. The history of the land ownership – its assembly by grant and purchase, its speculative trade and familial division - is a model for the history of typical land transfers of the 18th and 19th centuries.
The house is an unusually intact example of 18th century building practices and an unusually unaltered example of mid-to-late 18th century Connecticut River Valley design and materials, and of vernacular Georgian style. The house was purchased by the Agawam Historical Association in 2002 and preserved in near-original condition. The Thomas Smith House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 2005.
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