Circa 1765: This house is a rare surviving timber-frame colonial house situated on 147 acres in Mannington Township. The house has been associated with this landscape for nearly 230 years. Most of the county's surviving pre-Revolutionary buildings are of brick, since brick naturally lasts longer than wood. The house and acreage are now under the jurisdiction of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife. December 1992: Preservation Salem, Incorporated nominated the William Smith House of Mannington Township (a.k.a. "Smithfield") to the National Register of Historic Places. May 1993: PSI submitted a National Register nomination to the New Jersey Office of Historic Preservation.

William Smith House, 1993.

Summer 1993: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and Energy's (DEPE) Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife planned to bulldoze the William Smith House. The Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife agreed to exclude the house and 14 surrounding acres from hunting after PSI appealed to Assemblyman Gary Stuhltrager.

December 1993 The Smith House was listed in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.

March 1994: The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

April 1994: Atlantic Electric donated $ 1,000 to secure the property from vandalism.

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