Butler House (Oxon Hill, Maryland)


Butler House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Butler House, December 2010
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Location	6403 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, Maryland
Coordinates	38°48′24″N 77°0′13″W / 38.80667°N 77.00361°W / 38.80667; -77.00361Coordinates: 38°48′24″N 77°0′13″W / 38.80667°N 77.00361°W / 38.80667; -77.00361
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 #	05000147 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 14, 2005

The Butler House is 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 is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story, one room deep wood-frame and log residence covered in cast stone. It sits 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.

The Butler House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ Betty Bird, Julie Darsie (August 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Butler House" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2015-08-01.

External links

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

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