Butler Downtown Historic District

Butler Downtown Historic district
Location Downtown Butler centered on the courthouse square and includes resources on Main St., Broad St. and Ivey St., Butler, Georgia
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 # 04001466[1]
Added to NRHP January 12, 2005

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]

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; see photo #16) is a brick building with a parapet wall. It has "limestone Art Deco motifs at the corners and along the beltcourse."[2]:5

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

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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)


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