Dr. William Rainey Holt House

Historic house in North Carolina, United States

United States historic place

Location408 S. Main St., Lexington, North Carolina

Coordinates35°49′15″N 80°15′27″W / 35.82083°N 80.25750°W / 35.82083; -80.25750

Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)

Built1834 (1834)


Dr. William Rainey Holt House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	408 S. Main St., Lexington, North Carolina
Coordinates	35°49′15″N 80°15′27″W / 35.82083°N 80.25750°W / 35.82083; -80.25750
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1834 (1834)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83001876^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 23, 1983

Dr. William Rainey Holt House, also known as The Homestead, is a historic home located at 408 South Main Street Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina.

The house was built in 1834, and is a two-story, three-bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling with a hipped roof. It features Palladian windows and has a double-pile center-hall plan. It was remodeled about 1892 and 1900, and a rear addition was added in 1949. Also on the property is the contributing former servants quarters called by the Holt family "Lizzie's house".^[2]

The Homestead has windows, sidelights and other Palladian details characteristic of the pattern books of architect Asher Benjamin.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

William Rainey Holt

William Rainey Holt was a Pennsylvania-trained physician who practiced medicine after relocating to Davidson County. An ardent secessionist, Dr. Holt had three sons killed during military service for the Confederacy in the Civil War. His home was occupied by Union Army soldiers.

Following the war, Holt spent an increasing amount of time at his plantation Linwood, located southwest of Lexington, where he operated a scientific farm on his 1,600 acres (6.5 km²). As president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, Holt was among the first to introduce purebred breeds of livestock to the state.^[4]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
↑ Drucilla G. Haley and Jim Sumner (April 1981). "Dr. William Rainey Holt House" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
↑ Historic Uptown Lexington, North Carolina. uptownlexington.com
↑ William Rainey Holt, North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program Archived November 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

v t e National Register of Historic Places in Davidson County, North Carolina
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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, North Carolina and List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina

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