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Butler Community Mausoleum

Coordinates: 41°25′49″N 84°50′59″W / 41.43028°N 84.84972°W / 41.43028; -84.84972
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Butler Community Mausoleum
Butler Community Mausoleum, January 2014
Butler Community Mausoleum is located in Indiana
Butler Community Mausoleum
Butler Community Mausoleum is located in the United States
Butler Community Mausoleum
LocationCounty Road 28 E., east of Butler, Stafford Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
Coordinates41°25′49″N 84°50′59″W / 41.43028°N 84.84972°W / 41.43028; -84.84972
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
ArchitectOhio Mausoleum Company
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSThe Early Community Mausoleum Movement in Indiana
NRHP reference No.14000070[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 2014

Butler Community Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Butler Cemetery near Butler in Stafford Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1914, and is a one-story, limestone structure with a red tile roof and simple Classical Revival style detail. It measures 36 feet wide and 78 feet deep and consists of a tall vestibule section and long nave-like wing with clerestory. At the entrance are flanking Doric order columns. The mausoleum was used for interments into the 1960s.[2]: 3 

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/24/14 through 3/28/14. National Park Service. 2014-04-04. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
  2. ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Kurt West Garner (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Butler Community Mausoleum" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.