Butler Downtown Historic District

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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
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]

Butler, Georgia City in Georgia, United States

Butler is the county seat of Taylor County, Georgia, United States. Its population was 1,972 at the 2010 census.

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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]

Frederick Roy Duncan, often known as F. Roy Duncan, was an engineer and architect. His architectural practice was based in Columbus, Georgia, where he was born in 1886 and where he is buried.

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

Art Deco Influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s

Art Deco, sometimes referred to as Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War I. Art Deco influenced the design of buildings, furniture, jewelry, fashion, cars, movie theatres, trains, ocean liners, and everyday objects such as radios and vacuum cleaners. It took its name, short for Arts Décoratifs, from the Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes held in Paris in 1925. It combined modern styles with fine craftsmanship and rich materials. During its heyday, Art Deco represented luxury, glamour, exuberance, and faith in social and technological progress.

On Ivey Street are two landmarks:

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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)