Holt House: Before Demo and Construction
October 21, 2018
Before the extensive renovation, restoration, and addition to Holt House begins, the house stands as it has for the past few decades. The original buildings - the brick main house and summer kitchen, and the log smokehouse - were thought to have been completed in the 1830’s, while the various wooden porches, connectors, and additions were built during the following decades. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 which documents an abbreviated history of the house and property along with photos of the house as it stood in 1988 (see listing here). The photos below from 1988 show the house at its most “complete” - with all porches and additions still intact. The western addition and some porches have since been removed and the other additions have fallen into disrepair.
Floor plan of Holt House, as documented in 1988
National Archives Catalog
Photos from National Archives Catalog
Below, you’ll see photos of Holt House from 2017 and 2018, before work on the house officially began.
