Mission
TO PROVIDE SUPPORT WHICH WILL PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND ENHANCE THE HISTORIC AND DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING AND PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1301 WALNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19107 (HISTORICALLY KNOWN AS THE "THOMAS BUTLER HOUSE"), WHICH SHALL HELP GUARD AGAINST ANY DETERIORATION OF THE HISTORIC AREA IN WHICH THE THOMAS BUTLER HOUSE IS CURRENTLY SITUATED AS WELL AS PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELL-BEING AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE THOMAS BUTLER HOUSE. THE THOMAS BUTLER HOUSE WAS ENTERED INTO THE PHILADELPHIA REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ON JUNE 28, 1956. THE EAST CENTER CITY COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, LOCATED IN THE WASHINGTON SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD, WAS ORIGINALLY LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES IN 1984. THE THOMAS BUTLER HOUSE IS CITED AT LENGTH AS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTING RESOURCES TO THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WAS ALSO CITED AS A CONTRIBUTING RESOURCE IN THE NATIONAL DISTRICT NOMINATION FOR THE WASHINGTON SQUARE WEST HISTO