The Butler Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Butler, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[2]
Butler Downtown Historic district | |
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| Location | Downtown Butler centered on the courthouse square and includes resources on Main St., Broad St. and Ivey St., Butler, Georgia |
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| Area | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
| Built | 1852 |
| Architect | Frederick Roy Duncan |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement |
| MPS | Georgia County Courthouses TR (AD) |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001466[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 12, 2005 |
It includes 46 contributing buildings, and also contributing are one site and two other structures (one a Conferate monument).[2]
The Taylor County Courthouse (see accompanying photos #1, #2, #6, #9, and #14) is central in the district. It was designed by Frederick Roy Duncan, was built in 1935, and was separately NRHP-listed in 1995.[2]
The district has three historic gas stations (see photos #10, #11, and #12), which is unusual for a small town or any historic district.[2]: 5
The town's Masonic Lodge (1920; also known as Fickling Lodge; see photo #16), at 20 West Main St., is a two-story brick building with a parapet wall. It has "limestone Art Deco motifs at the corners and along the beltcourse."[2]: 5
with a parapet; it has limestone Art Deco elements at corners and in the beltcourse. It is the meeting hall for Fickling Lodge #129 F&AM, and a contributing building in Butler Downtown Historic District.[3]
On Ivey Street are two landmarks:
- the Art Moderne-style building at Ivey & Main Streets (c.1940s), originally a car dealership (see photo #6), and
- the Rabbit Box, historic hamburger joint, where John and Ruth Turk made "Turk Burgers" famous (see photo #3).[2]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f Holly L. Anderson, Megan Eades and Brian Eades (November 19, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: or Registration: Butler Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 26, 2016. with 18 photos (see photo captions page 18 in text document)
- ^ Holly L. Anderson, Megan Eades and Brian Eades (November 19, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Butler Downtown Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 26, 2016. with Masonic Lodge depicted in 16th of 18 accompanying photos