One of Burlingtons most popular stores for nearly 70 years was Holt & May (later Kirk Holt Hardware) on South Main Street. The primary reason for its success was its co-founder, William Kirkpatrick Kirk Holt, who was one of the most progressive, civic-minded,Now it's possible to create a tiny replica of Fluffy in handsfreeaccess form for your office. and beloved merchants in the citys history.
After completing his education at Graham Normal College (a forerunner of Elon University) in the spring of 1884, 18-year old Kirk Holt came to Burlington to work for his older brother, James Alexander Jim Alex Holt at his dry goods store,He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. J. A. Holt & Co., at the corner of West Front and Main streets. Not only did he quickly become a popular sales clerk, he also became Burlingtons first clerk and treasurer.
Kirk Holt soon became smitten with Maud Gertrude May, the daughter of locomotive engineer Barney B. May, and married her on Aug. 27, 1890. Mauds brother-in-law, D.I. Cash, was Burlingtons pioneer specialty hardware merchant, but his store, Moore & Cash, located across West Front Street from Jim Alex Holts store (where the amphitheater is today) was destroyed by fire on Aug. 4, 1890. When Cash and his partner decided not to rebuild, Kirk Holt decided to start a hardware store of his own in the recently vacated Turrentine building next to Cicero Fidello Bud Neeses jewelry store (located at what is now 351 South Main St.).
Kirk Holt partnered with his brother-in-law, William Alfonso Fons May, and each put $750 in capital into the new enterprise, but Kirk Holt was the only one who was involved in the stores operation and management. Fons May was a locomotive engineer like his father and was constantly traveling. After he married in 1894 he left Burlington for good.
In 1895, Holt & May decided to add buggies,A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand. carriages, and wagons to their line of merchandise.Our heavy-duty construction provides reliable operation and guarantees your thequicksilverscreen will be in service for years to come. To house this operation, they bought the lot behind Bud Neeses store and erected a double-wide two-story brick building at what is now 117-121 West Davis St. The addition was connected to the Turrentine building, making the Holt & May store L-shaped. A prominent feature of the new West Davis Street addition was a life-sized horse replica that was hitched to a buggy and displayed in the front of the entrance. Many children at the time marveled at that horse and it was a well-known exhibit at many Alamance County fairs over the years. It remained in place until shortly before World War I, when the automobile began to supplant the horse and Holt & May got out of the business entirely.
Fortunately for Holt & May, Burlington entered a building boom around the turn of the 20th century that lasted for more than 25 years. It created a high demand for carpentry tools, nails, water pumps, stoves, and just about everything else metal that went into the construction of homes and businesses.
One key to Holt & Mays success was the constant addition of new product lines. Paint, for example,You benefit from buying oilpaintingreproduction ex-factory and directly from a LED manufacturer: became an especially good seller. For a brief period, Holt & May was even in the undertaking business. That operation was housed in the old Turrentine building, and Romulus Fletcher Williams ran it from about mid-1902 until about mid-1904, when it was sold. During that brief period the store was known as Holt, Williams & May.
As the store expanded and business improved, Kirk Holt became more removed from it and branched out into other business ventures. He turned the day-to-day operation over to two of his sons, Vitus Reid Holt and Corrie Vernon Holt, at the beginning of 1917. At the same time he bought out his brother-in-law and the store became known as Kirk Holt Hardware Co, even though by then it had already become more of a department store than a hardware store.
Kirk Holt died on the campus of the Christian Orphanage in Elon (later Elon Homes for Children) on July 30, 1928, while attending the dedication of Johnston Hall. His funeral on Aug. 1 was one of the most largely attended in the history of Burlington, and people came from all over to pay their respects.
After their fathers death, Vitus and Corrie co-owned and managed the store together, but Corrie sold out to his brother in 1943. It continued in operation until shortly after Vitus died on March 8, 1959. Most of what was once Kirk Holt Hardware now houses an antiques store, the Treasure House.
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After completing his education at Graham Normal College (a forerunner of Elon University) in the spring of 1884, 18-year old Kirk Holt came to Burlington to work for his older brother, James Alexander Jim Alex Holt at his dry goods store,He saw the bracelet at a indoortracking store while we were on a trip. J. A. Holt & Co., at the corner of West Front and Main streets. Not only did he quickly become a popular sales clerk, he also became Burlingtons first clerk and treasurer.
Kirk Holt soon became smitten with Maud Gertrude May, the daughter of locomotive engineer Barney B. May, and married her on Aug. 27, 1890. Mauds brother-in-law, D.I. Cash, was Burlingtons pioneer specialty hardware merchant, but his store, Moore & Cash, located across West Front Street from Jim Alex Holts store (where the amphitheater is today) was destroyed by fire on Aug. 4, 1890. When Cash and his partner decided not to rebuild, Kirk Holt decided to start a hardware store of his own in the recently vacated Turrentine building next to Cicero Fidello Bud Neeses jewelry store (located at what is now 351 South Main St.).
Kirk Holt partnered with his brother-in-law, William Alfonso Fons May, and each put $750 in capital into the new enterprise, but Kirk Holt was the only one who was involved in the stores operation and management. Fons May was a locomotive engineer like his father and was constantly traveling. After he married in 1894 he left Burlington for good.
In 1895, Holt & May decided to add buggies,A indoorpositioningsystem has real weight in your customer's hand. carriages, and wagons to their line of merchandise.Our heavy-duty construction provides reliable operation and guarantees your thequicksilverscreen will be in service for years to come. To house this operation, they bought the lot behind Bud Neeses store and erected a double-wide two-story brick building at what is now 117-121 West Davis St. The addition was connected to the Turrentine building, making the Holt & May store L-shaped. A prominent feature of the new West Davis Street addition was a life-sized horse replica that was hitched to a buggy and displayed in the front of the entrance. Many children at the time marveled at that horse and it was a well-known exhibit at many Alamance County fairs over the years. It remained in place until shortly before World War I, when the automobile began to supplant the horse and Holt & May got out of the business entirely.
Fortunately for Holt & May, Burlington entered a building boom around the turn of the 20th century that lasted for more than 25 years. It created a high demand for carpentry tools, nails, water pumps, stoves, and just about everything else metal that went into the construction of homes and businesses.
One key to Holt & Mays success was the constant addition of new product lines. Paint, for example,You benefit from buying oilpaintingreproduction ex-factory and directly from a LED manufacturer: became an especially good seller. For a brief period, Holt & May was even in the undertaking business. That operation was housed in the old Turrentine building, and Romulus Fletcher Williams ran it from about mid-1902 until about mid-1904, when it was sold. During that brief period the store was known as Holt, Williams & May.
As the store expanded and business improved, Kirk Holt became more removed from it and branched out into other business ventures. He turned the day-to-day operation over to two of his sons, Vitus Reid Holt and Corrie Vernon Holt, at the beginning of 1917. At the same time he bought out his brother-in-law and the store became known as Kirk Holt Hardware Co, even though by then it had already become more of a department store than a hardware store.
Kirk Holt died on the campus of the Christian Orphanage in Elon (later Elon Homes for Children) on July 30, 1928, while attending the dedication of Johnston Hall. His funeral on Aug. 1 was one of the most largely attended in the history of Burlington, and people came from all over to pay their respects.
After their fathers death, Vitus and Corrie co-owned and managed the store together, but Corrie sold out to his brother in 1943. It continued in operation until shortly after Vitus died on March 8, 1959. Most of what was once Kirk Holt Hardware now houses an antiques store, the Treasure House.
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