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Together, they raised three children, Charles III, Earl, and Phyllis. In 1948 Phyllis, after graduating from Duke University, moved back to the family home to raise four sons with her husband Joseph Smith. Phyllis was a teacher in the English Department at East Carolina University, and her husband, Joseph Smith Jr., was a principal for many years in the local school district.
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n April 1, 1924 , Charles W. Shuff
II, a civic
leader, and his wife Hattie, purchased land on East Fifth Street,
in the College View neighborhood of Greenville, North Carolina.
This is where they built their large, three-story Colonial
Revival home, and moved in July of 1925.|
The Shuff-Smith House Depicted by Local Artist Roger Kammerer
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The Shuff-Smith House is located in the Historic College View neighborhood on the corner of Fifth and Library Street. It is one of the largest Colonial Revival houses in Greenville North Carolina. This three story three bay house, sits beautifully in a canopy of mature shade trees, with a commanding view of Fifth Street and the centennial portion of ECU's main campus. The front entrance is a vaulted porch supported by slender Doric columns. A porte-cochere and an enclosed sitting porch, flank the main house as well. Three pediment dormers and large Palladian-style windows in the gable ends, fill the third floor with light. |
