Marion Butler Birthplace

Marion Butler Birthplace
LocationNC 242 at SR 1414, near Salemburg, North Carolina
Coordinates35°02′25″N 78°27′59″W / 35.04028°N 78.46639°W / 35.04028; -78.46639
Area45 acres (18 ha)
Builtc. 1860 (1860)
MPSSampson County MRA
NRHP reference No.86000552[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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 February 1, 2015.