Butler Historic District

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]

Butler Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Butler Historic District, April 2009
Location	Roughly bounded by N. Church St., Walnut St., Franklin St. and Wayne St., Butler, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°51′34″N 79°53′40″W
Area	46 acres (19 ha)
Built	1828
Architect	Cram and Ferguson; et al.
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
MPS	Oil Industry Resources in Western Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	03000490[1]
Added to NRHP	May 29, 2003

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

References

1. "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.