H. Alden Smith House

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location= Minneapolis, Minnesota
lat_degrees = 44
lat_minutes = 58
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 93
long_minutes = 16
long_seconds = 51
long_direction = W
locmapin = Minnesota
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built =1887
architect= William Channing Whitney
architecture= Richardsonian Romanesque
added = March 16, 1976
governing_body = Minneapolis Community and Technical College
refnum=76001063cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The H. Alden Smith House is a historic Richardsonian Romanesque house just west of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was designed in 1887 by noted local architect William Channing Whitney. Its owner was a wealthy businessman, a partner in Smith and Wyman Sash and Door Company. It was once part of a group of other mansions on Harmon Place, but the area is now primarily home to apartments, warehouses, and Metropolitan State University.cite web|url=http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/hpc/landmarks/Harmon_Pl_1400-10_Alden_Smith_House.asp|title=Alden H. Smith House|publisher=Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission|date=February 2007|accessdate=2008-08-27] The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

H. Alden Smith lived in the home until 1906, when he died of a heart attack. His wife sold the home to a mortuary, and Davies Mortuary resided in the building until the 1970s. It was then used as a restaurant for about two years, then as an office building, a counseling clinic, and a location for filming of the movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1993, the Minneapolis Community College Foundation bought the building for $350,000 and raised funds to renovate the structure. It is now the Wells Family College Center within the Minneapolis Community and Technical College. [cite web|url=http://home.minneapolis.edu/~costelan/brief%20history.htm|title=Wells Family College Center|last=Costello|first=Ann|accessdate=2008-08-27]

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