Holden House

Holden House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
A southeast view of the Holden House in Bunnell, Florida (taken on July 1, 2019).
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Location	204 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, Florida
Coordinates	29°28′0.079″N 81°15′25.449″W / 29.46668861°N 81.25706917°W / 29.46668861; -81.25706917
Area	0.297 acres
Built	1918
Architect	Samuel Merwin Bortree (1859-1918)
Architectural style	Bungalow form / American Craftsman style
NRHP reference No.	100003020
Added to NRHP	October 16, 2018

The Holden House, located at 204 E. Moody Blvd., Bunnell, Florida, was built in 1918 by Samuel Merwin Bortree (1859–1918) as a wedding gift for his daughter Ethel Lura Bortree Holden (1892–1977), and her husband Thomas Edward Holden (1892–1974). It is an excellent example of the Craftsman Bungalow architectural style. The house was purchased by Flagler County for $40,000 on August 6, 1979 from a Holden family member. It is now a museum that features artifacts from Flagler County and the general Florida area dating from the St. Johns Culture (500 BCE) to the present. It is also the headquarters for the Flagler County Historical Society.^[1] The house's upstairs bathroom was one of the first indoor bathrooms in the Bunnell area and features unique small hexagon tiles on the floor which were similar to the flooring design used in the original owner's pharmacy building (Holden's Pharmacy) which is no longer extant and was located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Moody Boulevard and U.S. 1 in Bunnell.^[2] The Holden House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2018 (Reference Number: SG100003020).