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 |
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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 |
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; 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."
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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: