{"nrhp_refnum":"86000552","name":"Butler, Marion, Birthplace","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NC 242 at SR 1414","address_restricted":false,"city":"Salemburg","county":"Sampson County","state":"NC","lat":35.04008068250005,"lon":-78.46844728763347,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-03-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, center-hall frame farmhouse built about 1860 for farmer and merchant Wiley Butler, on a 45.5-acre tract near Salemburg in Sampson County, North Carolina.","why_significant":"It is the birthplace of Marion Butler (1863-1938), a leader of the state and national Populist movement, U.S. Senator from 1895 to 1901, and sponsor of rural free delivery legislation. It is also presented as a modest example of a middle-class farmhouse of the Civil War era that retains much of its woodwork. The form adds that the tract may hold archaeological evidence of 19th- and early 20th-century farming practices.","narrative":"Near Salemburg in Sampson County, this one-story frame farmhouse dates to about 1860 and was built for Wiley Butler, a moderately prosperous farmer and merchant. His son Marion Butler was born here in 1863. Marion Butler became a newspaper editor, state senator, president of the North Carolina Farmer's Alliance, chairman of the national Populist Party, and a U.S. Senator from 1895 to 1901. He sponsored rural free delivery legislation and was called the father of that service. The house is a center-hall, double-pile plan with a hipped metal roof, a front porch, a later rear ell, and scrolled gable ornaments added in the 1890s. Inside, the plastered rooms keep simple vernacular mantels, four-panel doors, and woodwork painted maroon and gold. The house has been vacant for years, shaded by four surviving oaks. It was listed mainly for its link to Butler, since no other structures closely associated with his work remain.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1860","architect_builder":"Unknown (built for Wiley Butler)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["B","C","D"],"status_note":"Vacant for a number of years; condition described as fair. The owner is said to be willing to sell it to a party interested in restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:57:51.027588-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/61/7184/47718461/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/86000552.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718461","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Butler_Birthplace","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874455"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/sampson-county/butler-marion-birthplace-86000552/"}