Editing Lexington, North Carolina (section)

==History==
The Lexington area was at least sparsely settled by Europeans in 1775. The settlers named their community in honor of [[Lexington, Massachusetts]], the site of the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|first skirmish]] of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. Lexington was incorporated as a city in 1828. Silver Hill Mine, located a few miles south of Lexington, opened in 1838, and was the first operating [[silver]] [[mining|mine]] in the country.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
[[File:William R. Holt Homestead, Lexington, North Carolina.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Lexington's oldest home, ''[[Dr. William Rainey Holt House|The Homestead]]'', listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Davidson County, North Carolina|National Register of Historic Places]].]]
The oldest surviving house in Lexington is [[Dr. William Rainey Holt House|The Homestead]], built by Dr. William Rainey Holt (1798–1868), a physician born in what is today [[Alamance County, North Carolina|Alamance County]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtQTD_fYUQcC&q=%22william+rainey%22+%22north+carolina%22&pg=PA172| title=Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present| work=google.com| last1=Ashe| first1=Samuel A'Court| year=1908}}</ref> ''The Homestead'' has windows, sidelights and other [[Palladian]] details characteristic of the pattern books of architect [[Asher Benjamin]].<ref name=up>{{cite web|url=http://www.uptownlexington.com/trails/heritagewalk.pdf|title=Historic Uptown Lexington, North Carolina|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902171334/http://www.uptownlexington.com/trails/heritagewalk.pdf |access-date=August 14, 2022|archive-date=September 2, 2009 }}.</ref>

In addition to The Homestead, the [[Erlanger Mill Village Historic District]], [[First Reformed Church (Lexington, North Carolina)|First Reformed Church]], [[Grace Episcopal Church (Lexington, North Carolina)|Grace Episcopal Church]], [[Grimes Brothers Mill]], [[Grimes School]], [[Hedrick's Grove Reformed Church]], [[Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home (Lexington, North Carolina)|Junior Order United American Mechanics National Orphans Home]], [[Lexington Memorial Hospital]], [[Lexington Residential Historic District]], [[Old Davidson County Courthouse (Lexington, North Carolina)|Old Davidson County Courthouse]], [[Pilgrim Reformed Church Cemetery]], [[Henry Shoaf Farm]], [[Uptown Lexington Historic District]], and [[John Henry Welborn House]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref><ref name="nps">{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120601.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=June 1, 2012|publisher=National Park Service}}</ref>