Butler Community Mausoleum

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Butler Community Mausoleum
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Butler Community Mausoleum, January 2014
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LocationCounty Road 28 E., east of Butler, Stafford Township, DeKalb County, Indiana
Coordinates 41°25′49″N84°50′59″W / 41.43028°N 84.84972°W / 41.43028; -84.84972
Arealess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1914 (1914)
ArchitectOhio Mausoleum Company
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS The Early Community Mausoleum Movement in Indiana
NRHP reference No. 14000070 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 24, 2014

Butler Community Mausoleum is a historic mausoleum located in Butler Cemetery near Butler in Stafford Township, DeKalb County, Indiana. It was built in 1914, and is a one-story, limestone structure with a red tile roof and simple Classical Revival style detail. It measures 36 feet wide and 78 feet deep and consists of a tall vestibule section and long nave-like wing with clerestory. At the entrance are flanking Doric order columns. The mausoleum was used for interments into the 1960s. [2] :3

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 3/24/14 through 3/28/14. National Park Service. 2014-04-04. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28.
  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 Kurt West Garner (September 2012). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Butler Community Mausoleum" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-09-01. and Accompanying photographs.