Gen. William O. Butler House

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Gen. William O. Butler House
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Location Highland Ave., Carrollton, Kentucky
Coordinates 38°40′54″N85°10′31″W / 38.68167°N 85.17528°W / 38.68167; -85.17528 (Gen. William O. Butler House) Coordinates: 38°40′54″N85°10′31″W / 38.68167°N 85.17528°W / 38.68167; -85.17528 (Gen. William O. Butler House)
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c.1819
Built by Mr. Smith
Architectural style Federal
NRHP reference # 76000861 [1]
Added to NRHP May 28, 1976

The Gen. William O. Butler House, on Highland Ave. in Carrollton, Kentucky, was built c.1819.

Carrollton, Kentucky City in Kentucky, United States

Carrollton is a home rule-class city in—and the county seat of—Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky rivers. The population was 3,938 at the 2010 census.

It was home of William O. Butler (1791–1880), who was a veteran of the War of 1812, and later as a Major General in the 1846–1848 Mexican–American War. It was built after his marriage in 1817. [2]

War of 1812 32-month military conflict between the United States and the British Empire

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theater of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right.

Mexican–American War armed conflict between the United States of America and Mexico from 1846 to 1848

The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the American intervention in Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the Second Federal Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 American annexation of the Republic of Texas, not formally recognized by the Mexican government, disputing the Treaties of Velasco signed by the unstable Mexican caudillo President/General Antonio López de Santa Anna after the Texas Revolution a decade earlier. In 1845, newly elected U.S. President James K. Polk, who saw the annexation of Texas as the first step towards a further expansion of the United States, sent troops to the disputed area and a diplomatic mission to Mexico. After Mexican forces attacked American forces, Polk cited this in his request that Congress declare war.

The house is interesting for having two identical main facades. It was built of brick, with brick on south and west fronts laid in Flemish bond "with the queen closers at the corners." It was originally U-shaped but a roof later closed it in. [2]

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