Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House

Welcome to Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House, located in the Overlook District of Moline, Illinois. Both historic homes once belonged to John Deere’s descendants but are now operated by the William Butterworth Foundation. They serve as year-round sites for quality educational and cultural events, meeting space for not-for-profit organizations, and tours for local, national, and international visitors.

Please enjoy our virtual offerings on this website, on our YouTube Channel – Deere Family Homes (click here), on Facebook (click here), and on Instagram (click here). A new Curator's Pick video is added each month on YouTube.

Welcome to Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House, located in the Overlook District of Moline, Illinois. Both historic homes once belonged to John Deere’s descendants but are now operated by the William Butterworth Foundation. They serve as year-round sites for quality educational and cultural events, meeting space for not-for-profit organizations, and tours for local, national, and international visitors.

Click here To support the Honoring Our Heritage:

The Deere-Wiman House Campaign

History: gossip well told.

~Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary
People tend to forget that the word "history"
contains the word "story".

~ Ken Burns
History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

~David McCullough
In a certain sense all men are historians.

~Thomas Carlyle, Essays: On History
Professor Johnston often said that if you didn't know history, you didn't know anything. You were a leaf that didn't know it was part of a tree.

~Michael Crichton, Timeline
If we don’t care about our past, we cannot hope for the future… I care desperately about saving old buildings.

~Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present.

~David Thelen
A nation that forgets its past can function no better than an individual with amnesia.

~David McCullough

You can support Arts and Culture, History and Preservation!

Join thousands of other generous donors giving to their favorite charities through Birdies for Charity
pledging to Birdie #2282. A pledge to Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House provides free
programming for thousands of people through facility use, events, and tours.
Donate here https://birdiesforcharity.com/donate

The deadline to enter the contest - a chance to win a 2-year lease on a Lexus NX - is Wednesday, June 26.

The final day to donate is Friday, July 5.

Register for Tours of Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House


  • Click here to register for free guided tours on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays at 2:30p


  • Click here Click here to register for free Sunday guided tours First Sunday of the Month and Every Sunday during July and August

   Contact meetings@butterworthcenter.com for scheduling meetings or click here for online reservations

Weather related closings at Butterworth Center & Deere-Wiman House are posted on our social media sites.

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