Marion Butler Birthplace

Marion Butler Birthplace
Location NC 242 at SR 1414, near Salemburg, North Carolina
Coordinates 35°02′25″N 78°27′59″W / 35.04028°N 78.46639°WCoordinates: 35°02′25″N 78°27′59″W / 35.04028°N 78.46639°W
Area 45 acres (18 ha)
Built c. 1860
Governing body Private
MPS Sampson County MRA
NRHP Reference # 86000552[1]
Added to NRHP March 17, 1986

Marion Butler Birthplace is a historic home located near Salemburg, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was built about 1860, and is a one-story, double-pile plan, frame farmhouse. It has a low hipped roof, three-bay hipped porch, and has a later rear ell. It was the birthplace of Marion Butler (1863-1938), North Carolina politician and chairman of the national Populist party in 1896.[2] It was moved in 1991.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  2. Thomas Butchko and Jim Sumner (January 1986). "Marion Butler Birthplace" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-02-01.