In 1882, John D. Colley and Thomas B. Hollenshead established Lincoln County’s first newspaper, the Lincolnton News. It was purchased by James H. Boykin in 1897 and renamed The Lincoln Journal. It remains the town’s official news source.
Lincolnton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Downtown Lincolnton was surprisingly busy when I was there.
It was nice to see most of the storefronts still in use.
Lincolnton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
The Home Cafe has been open for a long time. It was quite busy while I was in town.
The early history of the Lincolnton Methodist congregation has been lost but it is known that they were meeting by the 1820s, along with Baptists and Presbyterians, in a frame building known as Union Church. Methodists met at Union until the present church was constructed in 1915.
Lincolnton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Lincoln County was established in 1796 and the first court sessions were held in the home of Joseph Stovall. When Lincolnton was designated county seat circa 1800, a stone courthouse was constructed. A new courthouse was built in 1874 and served until the construction of the present structure. It was designed by prominent Southern architect G. Lloyd Preacher, who was responsible for such landmarks as the Atlanta City Hall and the Henry Grady Hotel, among numerous others.
National Register of Historic Places
I am so grateful to Rachel Lauren Barnett, who finally helped my track down a little history of this great house. She wrote, on one of my social media pages: …it’s called the Dallas House because it was originally built by the parents of Hazel Dallas Voyles. Hazel and her husband Clarence later inherited it and moved in. This house was much smaller when first built. It’s been added onto several times to look like this. You can see the roof to the original structure in the attic. There are no restrooms in the inside structure of the house, one was added onto the side of the porch, not pictured. So the only plumbing this house ever had was a kitchen sink and small bathroom. My husband bought it from Claire who was Clarence and Hazel’s daughter. We do have plans to do something with it when the economy is more stable.
Lincolnton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
Peter Lamar (1789-1847), the first owner of this house, was one of the pioneer settlers of Lincolnton. He served as a State Representative for the terms of 1811 and 1812 and was the commissioner of Lincolnton when it was established in 1817. From 1816-1834 he was Clerk of the Superior Court of Lincoln County and was a State Senator from 1834-1838. He also served as a justice of the Inferior Court from 1837-1844, and as a captain of the local militia.
National Register of Historic Places
Lincolnton Historic District, National Register of Historic Places