History

The Buttonwood Bed and Breakfast site evolved from the William Penn’s grant of 1749 of 1100 acres to George Waggoner. The farm extended from the North Mountain to the boro of Carlisle, approximately five miles . The land was later divided among five children. One of George Waggoner’s sons built a lime stone and brick home and barn in 1849, replacing a log home built earlier on the Buttonwood site. Subsequent owners included Simon Cameron, Secretary of War in the 1861 Abraham Lincoln administration; and the Noble family, owners of several farms surrounding the western boundary of Carlisle . The mid 1930’s brought the first leg of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, extending from Pittsburgh to Carlisle. This split the farm leaving the present brick farm house and 30 acres. Tenant farmers operated the farm until the early 1980’s Buttonwood Bed & Breakfast is named after a century old Buttonwood tree on the property. Buttonwood trees are also called Sycamore or Plane trees.