Downtown Butler Historic District

Downtown Butler Historic District

Butler Masonic Lodge, HABS Photo, 1983
Location Roughly 100 & 200 Blks of South Broadway, Butler, Indiana
Coordinates 41°25′45″N 84°52′18″W / 41.42917°N 84.87167°W / 41.42917; -84.87167Coordinates: 41°25′45″N 84°52′18″W / 41.42917°N 84.87167°W / 41.42917; -84.87167
Area 5.3 acres (2.1 ha)
Architectural style Italianate, Early Commercial
NRHP Reference # 01001347[1]
Added to NRHP December 7, 2001

Downtown Butler Historic District is a national historic district located at Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana. The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings in the central business district of Butler. The district developed between about 1860 and 1950, and includes notable examples of Italianate and Early Commercial style architecture. Notable buildings include the Butler Carnegie Library (1916), Marshall Clothing Company, Old Dimestore (1863), First National Bank Building (1913), Butler Hotel (1914), Oberlin Building (1907), Towne Hardware / Broadway Cafe Buildings (1880s), Thompson Block (1903), and Mutzfeld Building (1912).[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Amy Schweitzer (March 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Butler Historic District" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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