The Butler House was a historic home of importance to local African American history and located at Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Henry Alexander Butler, a free African American man from Charles County, moved with his family to the property in 1853, and the property has been continuously associated with the Butler family. Henry Butler became a Reconstruction era community leader, serving as trustee of the nearby Freedmen's Bureau school. The Butler House was a 2+1⁄2-story, one room deep wood-frame and log residence covered in cast stone. It sat in a secluded, forested area, adjacent to the Oxon Hill Children's Farm.[2] As of December 2010, the house is in a severely dilapidated condition. In 2020 the house collapsed and the property was sold in 2019.
Butler House | |
 Butler House, December 2010 | |
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| Location | 6403 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Maryland |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′24″N 77°0′13″W / 38.80667°N 77.00361°W |
| Area | 9.4 acres (3.8 ha) |
| Built | 1853 |
| Architect | Butler, Henry Alexander |
| MPS | African-American Historic Resources of Prince George's County, Maryland |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000147 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 14, 2005 |
The Butler House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Betty Bird, Julie Darsie (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Butler House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
External links
edit- Butler House, Prince George's County, Inventory No.: PG:76A-14, including photo in 2004, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- M-NCPPC African-American Heritage Survey, October 1996: Other Historic Properties; Butler House, entry 76A-14 p. 130