It was built as a city house for Thomas Butler, only son of South Carolina U.S. Senator Pierce Butler.
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He was extremely active in the general Philadelphia community, holding memberships in the Union League, The Philadelphia Club, the Radnor Hunt Club, the Society of Mayflower Descendants, and the Sons of the American Revolution.