The Holden House was designed and built in 1918 by Sam Bortree as a gift for his daughter, Ethel, and son-in-law, Thomas Holden. Holden was the town pharmacist and was prominent in business, civic, and political affairs. A unique feature of the house is the broken apothecary glass Holden used from his pharmacy as decoration on the gables. The home is among the more elaborate examples of the Craftsman bungalow style, featuring coquina, a shell and stone mixture quarried in this region. The Holden House is associated with I. I. Moody and the Bunnell Development Company, the principal forces behind the first significant settlement and development of Bunnell. The Bunnell Development Company platted the town in 1909, and two years later the Florida Legislature incorporated Bunnell as a town. Holden’s family retained ownership of the property until Flagler County purchased it in 1978. Except for the addition of a sunroom on the east side of the house in 1947 and the replacement of sash windows, the house retains its original features.