Zebulon Butler House Museum
pre 1867
1910
1939
Historic American Buildings Survey: First Floor
Historic American Buildings Survey - Elevations
painting the exterior, 2018
March 2018
DAR at the Zebulon Butler House, May 2018
May 2018
Christmas 2018
Christmas 2019
Fourth of July Bunting
Built in 1793 and incorporating parts of a 1773 log cabin, the Zebulon Butler House Museum will shed light on the very early history of Wilkes-Barre (from village to borough) and interpret the four generations of the Butler family that lived in the house from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War. The house will be restored to the Federal period of the 1810-1820s.
To date, the exterior of the house was restored and painted, and the interior has been stripped down to the original floors and walls. Roof is watertight and the basement is dry. Post-Agnes Flood era bathroom was removed. Front porch has been restored and downstairs public bathroom is being designed. New landscaping planted.
Donations of Federal period (1780-1830) furniture, paintings, books and other household items are being accepted.
Zebulon Butler House has been documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1933. Library of Congress documents can be found here.
THANK YOU
Our work is only possible with the generous support of our community. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the following contributors to the Zebulon Butler House Museum.
Corporations, Foundations, & Institutions
Back Mountain Bloomers | The Constellation Fund of the Luzerne Foundation | Mericle Foundation | McKinsey & Co. | Yellow Zinnia Fund of the Luzerne Foundation | Wilkes University
Individual Patrons
Karen Borton | Anthony T.P. Brooks | Audrey Fletcher Brozena | Robert Bunsick | Sarah P. Carr | Mr. & Mrs. Frank E.P. Conyngham | Henry B. Cummings | Barry & Betty Dean | Catherine F. Decker, MD | Ellen P. Dennis | Dr. Joseph & Nadine Dreier | Sherry L. Emershaw | John H. Hepp, IV, PhD | Colleen Hodakowski | Frank Hughes | John J. Hughes, Jr | Richard J. Jenkins | Linda R. Joseph | Eileen Kenyon | Herbert Fellerman, MD | Don & Joy Fiorucci | Maxim & Patricia Furek | Attilio M. “Butch” Frati | Jackie Freeman | Mark Gatusky | Alan Glickman | Richard M. Goldberg, Esq | Ronald & Patricia Kaiser | Kimberly Kerrick | Warren & Blair Koehl | Richard L. Kramer & Cheryl Fuller | Melana M. Khalife | Donna Krappa | Dr. Michel Lacroix & Pamela Zuccker | Bill & Beth Landmesser | Mary Ann Lepa | Phillip & Marguerite Latinski | Ann R. Lewis & Andrew M. Augustine | William V. Lewis, III | Linda Loop | John & Mary Jo Marconi | Donald & Margaret Matisko | Sean & Sara McGrath | Mr. & Mrs. Clifford K. Melberger | Carol A. Morris | Emily Brooks Novakowski | John & Jennifer Ochman | Dr. Wesley & Patricia Parks | Emmanuel & Susan Pons | Daphne A. Reid | Michelle Reilly | Richard A. Rikoski, PhD | Barbara A. Romanansky | Deborra Schauss | Rebecca M. Schmitt | Matthew Fuller Schooley | Ann M. Shinko | Jeffrey & Cheryl Silverman | Hon. & Mrs. Correale F. Stevens | Matthew C. Thomas-Malani | Mark & Delphine Torbik | Thomas F. Torbik | Jane Turner | David Schappert | Juliane & Annastina Von Schmeling | Gordon L. & Cecelia Williams | Gary & Gloria Wisemiller | Joel Zitofsky & Ronne Kurlancheek
In Kind
Borland & Borland | I.B.E.W. Local 163 | Frederick Stegmaier Mansion | Hillard House Inn | Jonathan Edwards - 570 Drone | Shawnee Fort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution | The Times Leader