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This photo is NOT a photo of Smith's Kirkcaldy house. However, it is a photo of the more modern building on High Street in Kirkcaldy on which is mounted a bronze plaque that says Adam Smith's mother's house, in which he lived circa 1767-1776, used to be near here, until it was removed in 1834. The bronze plaque is located under the lamp that is immediately to the left of the blue GREGGS sign in the photo. The plaque is mounted on the right column of the entrance to 220 High Street. I should note that I have photos of the placque, and also several wider views that show the plaque in gradually wider context of modern Kirkcaldy. One of my May 2008 photos shows roughly the same context as this photo; but I also have a photo of the text on the plaque. As noted above, the text on the plaque belies the claim that was formerly in the photo caption that this 19th-century building was the house in which Smith lived. It is NOT.

For more information, go to Talk:Adam Smith House where I've started a discussion on this, with a source, and with an offer to provide better photos of the plaque and current context if any editor wants them. The book source also indicates that the original house was removed in 1834.