Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle   Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association Photos courtesy of the South of South Street Association          ...

Park History

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle The Butcher Tot Lot was formally introduced to the city of Carlisle on February 8th, 1965 when the deed for the park was signed by the Farmer Trust Company and the city.  However the land itself can be traced back to the 19th...

Tot Lot Improvement Project

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle Before the South of South Street Association’s (SoSo) improvement project, the Butcher Tot Lot had few features to speak of. There was a small green space, along with a limited children’s playground. There was a broken slide...

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle Although Carlisle sits north of the Mason-Dixon line, its history is riddled with important African American narratives that date back to the Civil War. While Pennsylvania was a free state, where no person could be born...

Butcher Family History

Butcher Tot Lot Home  |  Park History | Butcher Family History  | Tot Lot Improvement Project | Photo Gallery | African Americans in Carlisle John Butcher was born a slave in Virginia in 1832. His wife, Charlotte, was also born in Virginia, eleven years after her husband and the couple married in 1862. In the same year their first son, William, was born. Not much is...

History of Butcher Tot Lot