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The Herman Buttner House before restoration |
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The Herman Buttner House (1803) |
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The Herman Buttner House (1803) |
Soon after the Bethabara settlement was begun in 1753 distilling began. The primary product was brandy. A second and larger distillery and distiller’s residence was built in 1778. Unfortunately it was was destroyed by fire in 1802.
The Buttner house (pictured above), built in 1803, served as both the living quarters for the family of the distiller, Herman Buttner, and as a distribution point for the product. Interestingly, the 1803 building was built from the fire rubble of the 1778 building.
After the Buttner family moved elsewhere in Bethabara. In 1807 the building was used for tanning hide. Subsequently to that, the building served as a private residence and as the parsonage for the Bethabara Moravian Church.
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