The Shelton House was built circa 1830 by John Shelton, a pioneer citizen of Raymond. Shelton was well known in legal circles as a lawyer/judge. The layout of the house is unique in that it features two dog trots all the way through with sidelighted double doors on each end. The first dogtrot dates to 1830 when the house was built and the second to 1850 when Judge Shelton enlarged the house.

In May of 1863, during the Yankee’s occupation of Raymond, the Judge Shelton fell victim to Yankee plundering. Some of the soldiers looted the house and stole Judge Shelton’s lock box containing valuable personal treasures and documents. When Colonel Mudd,, 2nd Illinois Cavalry, discovered what his men had done, he took the lock box and placed it in safe keeping with the intention of returning it to its rightful owner. However, he would never have the opportunity. He was killed a year later on the Red River in Louisiana. After the war, Judge Shelton received a letter from Mrs. Mudd saying her husband had been killed but she had a lock box and was instructed to return it to him. Judge Shelton answered her letter saying that Colonel Mudd must have been “an honorable man.”

In 1919, Thomas Monroe Holliday and his wife, Lucretia Beaufait Holliday, purchased the home. For many years, the lovely old home was known as the Holliday House.

Today, the charming home is owned by Al and Cathy Lawson.