Butler House, historic house in Maryland, United States
The Butler House is a historic wood-frame house in Oxon Hill, Maryland, built in 1853 and set on approximately 9 acres of land. The one-and-a-half-story structure features simple design elements and stone cladding typical of the period.
The house was built in 1853 by Henry Alexander Butler, a free African American from Charles County, who established a settlement for free Black families in Maryland. After the Civil War, Butler became a community leader and school trustee, establishing the site's significance in local African American history.
The Butler House was home to the Butler family, free African Americans who settled here in 1853. The residence symbolized community strength and self-determination for the local area during a transformative period in American history.
The house sits in a quiet, wooded area near Oxon Hill Children's Farm and is surrounded by trees. The structure has not been preserved and cannot be visited since 2020, but historical records and photographs are available through the Maryland Historical Trust.
The house witnessed the founding of one of the earliest free African American settlements in Maryland during the 1800s. Though the building no longer stands, photographs from 2004 document its appearance just before its collapse in 2020, preserving a visual record of this important history.
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