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he’s one of those rare beauties, the kind people slow
down for, crane their necks to see. Resplendent on
her hilltop perch, she’s a real lady — a Queen Anne-style
Victorian Painted Lady, to be exact.
Built in 1897 by Weatherford hardware merchant
William E. Tate who’d come out from Tennessee, the
“house” at 808 S. Lamar St. is an architectural marvel at
the top of a lovely terraced hill about eight blocks from
the Parker County Courthouse. A bit over five acres of
Tate’s original 70-80 acres remain with the property,
which the Tates sold after calling it home for 19 years.
Various owners held the keys until 1992 when Dan and
Shay Buttolph bought it and the next year, on April Fools’
Day, opened it as a bed and breakfast. Dan and Shay
hosted thousands at St. Botolph Inn during a 14-year peri-
od ending in 2006. Now, after 26 years in their remark-
able home, the Buttolphs are ready to sell.
“It’s time,” Dan Buttolph said. “It’s more than we
need. We don’t need this big place anymore. We want
to let somebody else enjoy it. It’s unfair that we live here.
We still have it set up as a B&B, as far as the rooms. It’s
for somebody that has either a lot of kids, a big family, or
they want to run it as a B&B.”
Selling the one-of-a-kind property falls to Williams
Trew real estate agent Rozi Stone, who speaks of the
property with a note of awe in her voice. Nothing in her
19-year real estate career prepared her for the Buttolph
home.
“It was overwhelming,” she admitted when asked
about her initial impression of the home, adding pictures
cannot prepare one for the sensory overload triggered by
the 15-room house’s spacious yet intricately designed and
detailed living spaces. “I was just so overwhelmed with
the fact that they [the Buttolphs] take care of this place
completely on their own. It’s just immaculate and well-
done. They live in the main house [there are outbuildings
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