Oakhurst

Oakhurst was built for Martin Hicks Holt, co-principal of Oak Ridge Institute, and his wife Mary. The finest surviving Queen Anne style house in Guilford County, it was designed by the prominent and prolific southern architect Frank P. Milburn, whose distinguished buildings appear in most major North Carolina cities and who also designed the South Carolina State Capital building. Thomas Eary Whitaker, a lawyer, North Carolina legislator, and professor at the school, became president of Oak Ridge Institute in 1914 and served until his death in 1929. He and his wife Ida purchased Oakhurst in 1917, and it remained in the Whitaker family until 1981. The home is part of the National Register Historic District, Oak Ridge Military Academy, and a Guilford County Historic Landmark.

Oak Ridge, North Carolina · United States