This is one of the most imposing and monumental houses in Georgia, and one of the most historic for many persons and events having importance in Georgia history are connected with this home.

In 1804, the town commissioners sold the lot on Which Holly Court stands to Lawyer John Griffin, a famous early Georgian. He, in turn, sold it to Henry Anthony who must have begun the first house here. In 1817, the house was bought by Billy Hoxey, "a free man of color," from Chatham County, North Carolina. He was a carpenter and a deacon in the First Baptist Church to serve the Negro members. In 1830, Lewis Brown, trustee for Hoxey, sold the house to William L. Harris (listed in the Hall of Fame for Mississippi). Lock Weems next owned the house. He became a very rich merchant in Columbus, Ga.

In 1837, Dr. Fielding Ficklen bought the existing house and lot and then brought, by ox-cart, his more commodious dwelling from Ficklen seven miles south. This house was erected in front of the older house and the two houses were joined by a cross hallway, plainly visible from the side.

Many candles must have glittered, many silks and satin rustled, in 1848 when Elizabeth Ficklen married James P. Boyd of South Carolina. It was here, too, that Judith Lyndon - whose father owned the house at that time - married Joseph Welch, a famous trial lawyer.

Other former owners include Mrs. R. R. Johnson, who was Georgia's Mother of the Year in 1968 and served on the state's Mother's Committee.'

The house is now a fine Bed and Breakfast.