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William M. Butterfield
William M. Butterfield, 1896.
Born1860
Sidney, Maine
Died1932
Manchester, New Hampshire
NationalityUnited States
OccupationArchitect

William M. Butterfield (1860–1932) was an American architect from New Hampshire.[1]

Life and career

Butterfield was born in Sidney, Maine in 1860. His father, Chesmon Butterfield, was a carpenter and builder. The family moved to Waterville in 1871, when young Butterfield was 11 years old. At that time, his father established himself as an architect as well as a builder. He trained with his father and, at the age of 16, took a job with Foster & Dutton, a Waterville contracting firm with a statewide reputation. He moved quickly through the ranks, and by the age of 17 was supervising the construction of major structures, most notably the great 1879 expansion of the Hotel Wentworth in New Castle.[1] In 1880, he established himself as a contractor in Concord, Massachusetts, but moved in 1881 to Manchester, New Hampshire to open an architect's office.[1]

Upon his arrival, he formed a partnership with Albert E. Bodwell, who would later become Edward Dow's head designer.[2] The partnership had been dissolved by September. Around 1883, he made John F. Stanton a partner, but nothing else of the partnership is known and it appears to have dissolved soon afterward.[3] Other than that, Butterfield remained in private practice for the duration of the 19th century. Sometime between 1905 and 1907, he took his son, Clinton C. Butterfield, and Parker K. Weston into the firm, which became the William M. Butterfield Company.[4][5] From the 1920s until Butterfield's death in 1932,[1] his chief associate was Norris W. Corey.[6] Norris Corey would be Butterfield's successor,[7] and practiced until his retirement in the 1970s.[6]

Butterfield was Manchester's most prominent architect from the mid-1880s until about 1910. He was highly sought after as a designer of town halls, courthouses, churches, and other public and private buildings.[2]

Legacy

Many of his designs have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural works

William M. Butterfield, 1881-c.1906

Year Building Address City State Notes Image Reference
1881 Farmington Town Hall 356 Main St Farmington New Hampshire Highly altered. [8]
1882 Freeman Higgins House 537 Pine St Manchester New Hampshire [2]
1882 Charles Morrill House 1799 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [2]
1882 Peoples' M. E. Church 60 Pennacook St Manchester New Hampshire [9]
1882 St. Paul's M. E. Church Union & Amherst Sts Manchester New Hampshire Demolished. [10]
1885 Central Police Station Manchester & Central Sts Manchester New Hampshire Demolished. [11] [12]
1886 Hollis Town Hall 7 Monument Sq Hollis New Hampshire [13]
1886 Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church 65 Sagamore St Manchester New Hampshire [9]
1888 Beth Eden Baptist Church 82 Maple St Waltham Massachusetts [14]
1888 Hosea B. Burnham House 74 Brook St Manchester New Hampshire [15]
1888 Fire Station No. 5 44 Webster St Manchester New Hampshire Demolished in 1993. [16]
1888 Nelson S. Whitman House 263 Main St Nashua New Hampshire [17]
1889 Goffstown Town Hall 216 Main St Goffstown New Hampshire Burned in 1937. [9]
1889 Immanuel M. E. Church 545 Moody St Waltham Massachusetts [18] [19]
1889 Pittsfield High School 85 Main St Pittsfield New Hampshire Now the Town Hall. [20]
1890 Goffstown Congregational Church 8 Main St Goffstown New Hampshire [9]
1891 First Baptist Church 298 Blackstone St Woonsocket Rhode Island [21]
1891 Odd Fellows Building 142 Main St Nashua New Hampshire [22]
1891 John Butler Smith House 62 School St Hillsborough New Hampshire [23]
1891 Roger G. Sullivan House 168 Walnut St Manchester New Hampshire [2]
1892 Belknap County Courthouse 64 Court St Laconia New Hampshire [22]
1892 Kennard Block 1008 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire Burned in 1902. [18]
1892 Monadnock Block 1140-1160 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire Demolished. [22]
1892 Nesmith Hall University of New Hampshire Durham New Hampshire Highly altered. [24]
1892 Pittsfield Academy 5 Park St Pittsfield New Hampshire [20]
1892 Smith and Dow Block 1426-1470 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [25]
1892 Soldiers' Memorial Hall 316 Central St Franklin New Hampshire Now Franklin Opera House/ Town Hall [26]
1892 Varick Building 815 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire Rebuilt after a 1914 fire. [18] [27]
1892 Weston, Hill & Fitts Building 1061 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [28]
1893 Bank Building 20 W Park St Lebanon New Hampshire [29]
1893 George H. Moore House (Wildwood Hall) 506 Moore Hill Rd Newbury Vermont [30]
1893 Pumping Station Oak Hill Reservoir Manchester New Hampshire Demolished. [31]
1894 Pearl Street School Pearl St Manchester New Hampshire [32]
1895 Acquilla Building 3 Pleasant St Concord New Hampshire [33]
1895 Calumet Club 126 Lowell St Manchester New Hampshire Altered. [34]
1895 Weston Terrace 70 Lowell St Manchester New Hampshire [25]
1896 Central High School 207 Lowell St Manchester New Hampshire [35]
1896 George E. Gould House 2321 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [22]
1896 Stone Memorial Building N Stark Hwy Weare New Hampshire [9]
1897 Adams Free Library 92 Park St Adams Massachusetts [36]
1897 John M. Hunt Home 334 Main St Nashua New Hampshire [18] [37]
1899 Globe Congregational Church 340 S Main St Woonsocket Rhode Island [38]
1899 Nurses' Residence New Hampshire Hospital Concord New Hampshire [39]
1901 Josiah Carpenter Library 41 Main St Pittsfield New Hampshire [20]
1902 Academie Notre Dame 372 Beech St Manchester New Hampshire [40]
1902 Newport Academy and Graded School School St Newport Vermont Demolished. [18] [41]
1902 Alonzo H. Weston House 2241 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [23]
1903 Beacon Building 814 Elm St Manchester New Hampshire [22]
1903 Chutter Block 43 Main St Littleton New Hampshire [18]
1903 Littleton Bank Building 76 Main St Littleton New Hampshire Demolished. [18]
1903 New Hampshire Masonic Home 813 Beech St Manchester New Hampshire [18] [42]
1903 Waterville Savings Bank Building 165 Main St Waterville Maine [43]
1904 Pembroke Academy 30 High St Suncook New Hampshire [44]
1904 Sphinx Tomb Dartmouth College Hanover New Hampshire [45]
1905 Hillsborough County Courthouse Market St Manchester New Hampshire Presently the City Hall Annex. [23]
1905 Thayer Building New Hampshire Hospital Concord New Hampshire [46]
1906 South Grammar School 38 Gold St Waterville Maine [43]

William M. Butterfield Company, c.1907-1932

Year Building Address City State Notes Image Reference
1907 Chapel Pine Grove Cemetery Waterville Maine [47]
1908 Concord Armory 39 Green St Concord New Hampshire [48]
1908 Hussey Block 185 Main St Waterville Maine [43]
1909 Y. M. C. A. Building 30 Mechanic St Manchester New Hampshire [49]
1910 First M. E. Church 961 Valley St Manchester New Hampshire [50]
1910 Madison High School 189 Main St Madison Maine Replaced in 1921-22.[51] [52]
1913 Saidel Apartments 238 Pearl St Manchester New Hampshire [53]
1915 David W. Anderson House 523 Beacon St Manchester New Hampshire [54]
1915 Holy Trinity Cathedral 166 Pearl St Manchester New Hampshire [54]
1916 Oscar Foss Memorial Building 111 S Barnstead Rd Barnstead New Hampshire [55]
1920 Franklin Street School 255 Franklin St Manchester New Hampshire Demolished. [56]
1921 LaFlamme Apartments 10 Prospect St Manchester New Hampshire [25]
1924 Aaron Cutler Memorial Library 269 Charles Bancroft Hwy Litchfield New Hampshire [6]

Norris W. Corey, 1933-1970s

Year Building Address City State Notes Image Reference
1937 Boys' Dormitory New Hampshire Industrial School Manchester New Hampshire [7]
1939 Manchester Waterworks Administration Building 281 Lincoln St Manchester New Hampshire [57]
1941 Rex Theatre 23 Amherst St Manchester New Hampshire [7]
1947 Goffstown Town Hall 16 Main St Goffstown New Hampshire [58]
1949 Gordon McCown Building 36 Lowell St Manchester New Hampshire [7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr. "Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine: Chesmon Butterfield, 1835-1881". http://www.state.me.us/mhpc/architects_bio.html. 1995. Web.
  2. ^ a b c d e Sullivan, Roger House NRHP Nomination. 2004.
  3. ^ "John F. Stanton". The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom. Ed. Weston Arthur Goodspeed. Vol. 7. 1904.
  4. ^ The Manchester Directory, 1906. 1906.
  5. ^ The Manchester Directory, 1908. 1908.
  6. ^ a b c Nashua (NH) Telegraph 1 June 1972: 18.
  7. ^ a b c d American Architects Directory. New York: R. R. Bowker, 1955.
  8. ^ Carpentry and Building Sept. 1881: 162.
  9. ^ a b c d e Goffstown Congregational Church NRHP Nomination. 1996.
  10. ^ Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. 1885.
  11. ^ Bacon, George F. "Wm. M. Butterfield". Manchester and its Leading Business Men. 1891.
  12. ^ Wiley, George Franklin. Willey's Semi-Centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1896. 1896.
  13. ^ Tolles, Bryant F., Jr. New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide. 1979.
  14. ^ "Beth Eden Baptist Church". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  15. ^ New Hampshire Homes. 1895.
  16. ^ Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1888. 1889.
  17. ^ Building 6 Oct. 1888: 3.
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h Cheney, G. A. "William M. Butterfield: A New Hampshire Architect and His Work". Granite Monthly March 1903: 145.
  19. ^ "Immanuel Methodist Church". mhc-macris.net. Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d. Web.
  20. ^ a b c Pittsfield Center Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1980.
  21. ^ Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historic Preservation Report P-W-1. 1976.
  22. ^ a b c d e "Monadnock-Upton Block, 1140-1160 Elm Street, Manchester, Hillsborough County, NH". https://www.loc.gov/. n.d. Web.
  23. ^ a b c Gov. John Butler Smith House NRHP Nomination. 2002.
  24. ^ Report of the Board of Trustees of the College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. 1893.
  25. ^ a b c Smith & Dow Block NRHP Nomination. 2002.
  26. ^ Franklin Falls Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1982.
  27. ^ "Varick Building Burns at Manchester, N. H." Fire and Water Engineering 8 July 1914: 27.
  28. ^ Stone April 1892: 18.
  29. ^ Colburn Park Historic District NRHP Nomination. 1986.
  30. ^ Wildwood Hall NRHP Nomination. 1978.
  31. ^ "The New High-Service Water Supply of Manchester, NH". Engineering News 5 Sept. 1895: 148. New York.
  32. ^ Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Manchester, New Hampshire. Manchester: John B. Clarke, 1895.
  33. ^ Downtown Concord Historic District NRHP Nomination. 2000.
  34. ^ Inland Architect and News Record Jan. 1896: 65.
  35. ^ Perreault, Robert B. Postcard History Series: Manchester. 2005.
  36. ^ Brickbuilder Nov. 1897: 263.
  37. ^ Engineering Record Dec. 1897: 42. New York.
  38. ^ Stone April 1899: 235.
  39. ^ Annual Reports of the Board of Visitors, Trustees, Superintendent, Treasurer, and Financial Agent of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane to the Governor and Council, November, 1900. 1900.
  40. ^ American Architect and Building News 22 March 1902: xi.
  41. ^ American Architect and Building News 1 Feb. 1902: xiii. Boston.
  42. ^ Ceremonies at the Laying of the Corner-Stone and at the Dedication, Monday, May 11, 1903. 1903.
  43. ^ a b c Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr. Postcard History Series: Waterville. 2013.
  44. ^ School Board Journal July 1904: 26.
  45. ^ Meacham, Scott. The Campus Guide: Dartmouth College. 2009.
  46. ^ Engineering News 9 Feb. 1905: 47.
  47. ^ Calder, Amy. "Waterville cemetery chapel discovery offers glimpse of past, potential for future". http://www.centralmaine.com/. 21 Oct. 2013.
  48. ^ Concord Civic District NRHP Nomination. 1983.
  49. ^ American Architect 28 July 1909: 8.
  50. ^ Engineering Record 5 Feb. 1910: 68. New York.
  51. ^ American Contractor 26 Nov. 1921: 52. Chicago.
  52. ^ School Board Journal May 1910: 30. Milwaukee.
  53. ^ American Contractor 18 Jan. 1913: 50.
  54. ^ a b American Contractor 12 June 1915: 53.
  55. ^ Oscar Foss Memorial Library NRHP Nomination. 1985.
  56. ^ American Contractor 9 Oct. 1920: 46.
  57. ^ Engineering News-Record 29 June 1939: 19.
  58. ^ Goffstown Main Street Historic District NRHP Nomination. 2007.
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