| Step back
in time and enjoy one of Fayetteville’s
finest historical attractions. The Greek
revival antebellum house with its soaring
columns has long been a city landmark. Through
the years several famous families have occupied
the property. Built in 1855, by the Holliday
family, the house derives its name from
the three main owners that dwelled there:
John Stiles Holliday, a prominent physician
in Fayetteville and uncle of the infamous
John Henry “Doc” Holliday; Solomon
Dawson Dorsey, a Colonel of the State Militia
during the War Between the States who helped
enlist volunteers for the Confederacy; and
Robert E. Lee Fife, a former Fayetteville
City Council member related to the last
family to occupy the house as a residence.
It also shares an association with several
well-known local historical figures such
as Margaret Mitchell, Dr. Crawford Williamson
Long and former Governor Dorsey.
The Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House Museum is a
cooperative project of the Fayetteville Downtown
Development Authority and Fayetteville Main
Street Program.
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