Holly Court

{{short description|Historic house in Georgia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Holly Court

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| image = Holly Court - a National Register of Historic Places site.JPG

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| location = 301 S. Alexander St., Washington, Georgia

| coordinates = {{coord|33|44|0|N|82|44|12|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = USA Georgia

| built = 1833

| architecture = Federal

| added = April 11, 1972

| area = {{convert|1.1|acre}}

| refnum = 72000406{{NRISref|version=2010a}} {{Dead link|date=February 2017}}

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Holly Court, also known as the Ficklen-Lyndon-Johnson House, and now operated as Holly Court Inn Bed & Breakfast, is a historic Neoclassical architecture residence converted into a bed & breakfast in Washington, Georgia.[http://www.visitgeorgiaonline.com/holly-court.htm Holly Court] Visit Georgia It was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

It was the "last refuge" of Varina Davis, wife of Confederate States of America president Jefferson Davis, before his capture, at the end of the American Civil War.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitgeorgiaonline.com/holly-court.htm |title=A Brush with Destiny |author=Kathleen Walls |accessdate=February 1, 2017}}

It is a two-story white clapboard building created in about 1840 when two plain-style Federal period houses were joined and a monumental entrance portico was added. The portico has two pairs of square Tuscan columns, and is pedimented.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=72000406}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Holly Court / Ficklen-Lyndon-Johnson House |publisher=National Park Service|author=Elizabeth A. Lyon |date=October 25, 1971 |accessdate=February 1, 2017 }} (with {{NRHP url|id=72000406|photos=y|title=five photos from 1970}} by Jet Lowe)