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Butler Historic District
Butler Historic District, April 2009
Butler Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Butler Historic District
Butler Historic District is located in the United States
Butler Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by N. Church St., Walnut St., Franklin St. and Wayne St., Butler, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°51′34″N 79°53′40″W / 40.85944°N 79.89444°W / 40.85944; -79.89444
Area46 acres (19 ha)
Built1828
ArchitectCram and Ferguson; et al.
Architectural styleMid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
MPSOil Industry Resources in Western Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.03000490[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 2003

Butler Historic District is a national historic district located at Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 128 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing objects in the central business district of Butler. It includes primarily commercial and institutional buildings, with some residential buildings, built between about 1828 and 1952 in a number of popular architectural styles including Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the City Hall, former U.S. Post Office (1912), Koch Building (c. 1910), T.W. Phillips Co. Office Building, Masonic Temple (1910), Butler High School (1917), Butler YMCA (1895), Butler YMCA (1913), First Evangelical Lutheran Church (1897), St. Andrews United Presbyterian Church (c. 1900), John Quincy Adams Kennedy House (c. 1884), St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church and School (1952, 1925), First Baptist Church (1914), St. Paul's Roman Catholic Church (1909), and Butler Savings and Trust (1925). The contributing site is the Diamond, that contains the contributing objects including the Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1894). Located in the district and listed separately are the Butler County National Bank, the Sen. Walter Lowrie House, and the Butler County Courthouse.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David L. Taylor (April 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Butler Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-30.


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