Dr. William Rainey Holt House (Holt Homestead), Lexington

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Dr. William Rainey Holt House

Historic site · Lexington, Davidson County, NC

Dr. William Rainey Holt House (Holt Homestead), Lexington. Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

About

The Dr. William Rainey Holt House on South Main Street was built in 1834 by Holt (1798-1868), a Lexington physician and advocate of scientific agriculture. It is listed on the National Register, and a state highway marker (K-56) on South Main Street notes his home and his plantation, Linwood.

State highway marker K-56, erected in 1995, reads that Holt was a physician and advocate of scientific agriculture whose plantation "Linwood" was 6 miles southwest, and that he built his home here in 1834. The house was listed on the National Register on June 23, 1983.

Details

Address
408 S Main St, Lexington, NC, Lexington, NC
Town
Lexington
Built
1834
NRHP listed
June 23, 1983
State marker
K-56 (1995)

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