The White House, also known as the James Butterfield House, is a historic home located at Hartwick in

Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The county's population center is Oneonta. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word m ...

. It was built about 1792 in the Federal style, and remodeled about 1940 with

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style elements. It is a two-story, five-bay, L-shaped frame dwelling sheathed in white clapboard. Also on the property are the contributing

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(c. 1860–1900), four bay

bank barn A bank barn or banked barn is a style of barn which is accessible from the ground, on two separate levels. Often built into the side of a hill or bank, the upper and the lower floors could both be accessed from the ground, one area at the top of ...

(c. 1870), and brick library / bookstore (1948-1949). ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 2011.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Federal architecture in New York (state) Colonial Revival architecture in New York (state) Houses completed in 1792 Buildings and structures in Otsego County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York {{OtsegoCountyNY-NRHP-stub