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619 N.E. 15th Street

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619 is a simple red Colonial brick, four square house. It has a pitched roof, three bays with an altered entrance porch in the center, and a small porch addition on the east.

Jimmie C. Smith 1923-68

Mr. Smith started in the banking business in 1904 at Calvin, Oklahoma, and worked there until 1915, serving as vice president at the time he left. From 1915 to 1929, he was in the automobile business and then went into the insurance business. He was with New York Life Insurance Company, and was one of the top ranking insurance salesmen in the United States, having written over $1,000,000 worth of insurance for the year 1938.