Butler House (St. Louis, Missouri)
Appearance
Butler House | |
Location | 4484 W. Pine Boulevard St. Louis Missouri, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 38°38′26″N 90°15′28″W / 38.640616°N 90.257735°W |
Built | 1892 |
Architect | Albert Knell |
NRHP reference No. | 82004733[1] |
The Butler House is a turreted, brick house built in 1892 for prominent St. Louis tobacco manufacturer James Gay Butler.[2] It was designed in the Queen Anne style by Albert Knell, a Canadian architect.
James Gay Buter
James Gay Butler (January 23, 1840–August 22, 1916) was an American tobacco executive. He was a major supporter of Lindenwood University.[3] Butler is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.[4][5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ http://www.dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/82004733.pdf
- ^ "Butler Library - Lindenwood University - The Butlers". lindenwood.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ^ "James Gay Butler (1840 - 1916) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com.
- ^ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/08/23/104687747.pdf