Ryves Holt House
Oldest Building Standing in State of Delaware
In this house lived
Ryves Holt
Chief Justice
of “Three Lower Counties On Delaware,”
1745 to 1763
Member of Assembly
of “Three Lower Counties On Delaware,”
1734-1737, 1742-1744, 1746-1755,
And Speaker of Assembly
1742-1744, and 1746-1752.
Ryves Holt was probably born in 1696
and died in 1763.
(Center Plaque)
Ryves Holt House
Built 1665
Oldest Building
Standing in
State of Delaware.
Listed on National
Register 1977.
Placed by
Delaware State Society
Colonial Dames XVII Century
October 2, 1990
Coat of Arms
Placed here by the
Colonial David Hall Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Marker is on Second Street near Mulberry Sreet, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
