The Samuel Elijah Holt Farm, with buildings dating from 1907 to c. 1930, is one of the last surviving examples of an active homestead built by early settlers of South Jordan. Samuel Elijah Holt, born August 30, 1868, bought the farm from his father, an English immigrant, in 1906, and in 1907 began building a ten-room house for his wife and twelve children. All but one of the original farm buildings remain and continue to serve the farm. Samuel Holt became a successful stock raiser and farmer, and the house, outbuildings, and surrounding acreage symbolize his success in business, at church, and at home. He served as South Jordan's third bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and during his thirteen years as bishop the farm provided food for poor and needy people in the area and also served as the tithing storehouse. In 1956 Samuel's daughter Mabel Holt Nelson and her husband Martin Henry Nelson bought the house and maintained the property as a sheep farm. The farm remains a gathering place for the Holt family, drawing more than 400 relatives every April and August to celebrate the birthdays of Samuel and Geneva Holt, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.