Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House listed in National Register

The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House, located on Lanier Avenue West, in Fayetteville, Fayette County, was listed in the National Register on April 10, 2008. The city of Fayetteville prepared the nomination materials and sponsored the nomination.

The house was first built in 1847, but its current appearance derives from a massive rebuilding circa 1855 when the house was more than doubled in size.

The house derives its name from the three families who owned it for most of its history. John Stiles Holliday, a physician and native of Fayette County, built the house and the Hollidays owned it until 1867.

John Stiles Holliday’s nephew was John Henry “Doc” Holliday, a dentist and legendary Old West gunfighter.

Solomon Dorsey, a Fayetteville city council member, owned the house from 1871 to 1903, and the family of Robert E. Lee Fife owned the property from 1910 to 1968.

The house, which was purchased by the city of Fayetteville in 1999, now operates as a regional history museum.

The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House is an antebellum Greek Revival-style house located one block west of the courthouse square in Fayetteville, Ga.

The large frame house is two-stories tall and clad in weatherboard. Six colossal Greek Doric columns support the full-width front portico.

The Georgian-plan house retains much of its mid-nineteenth-century woodwork, including paneled doors, mantels, window and door surrounds, and wood floors and ceilings.

The National Register is the federal government’s official list of historic buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts worthy of preservation.

According to Richard Cloues, deputy state historic preservation officer, listing in the National Register recognizes a property’s significance and ensures that the property will be taken into account in the planning of federally funded or licensed projects. In addition, owners of income producing National Register properties may be eligible for rehabilitation tax incentives.

For more information on the National Register and other preservation programs, contact the Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Natural Resources at 404-656-2840 or visit the website at www.gashpo.org.

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