In 1922 Archibald D. Butterfield bought this hilltop land, built an eighteen-room Colonial Revival mansion, and transformed the adjacent Civil War fort into a rustic garden. Butterfield died in 1926, and a series of occupants owned the house afterward. Since 1990, the Humphreys County museum has occupied the house, and later the historic post office from Denver, Tennessee was moved to the site. The Butterfield House and Fort Hill were placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.