Glass and Butner

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Glass and Butner was an architectural partnership of Edward Francis Glass and Charles Edgar Butner based in Fresno, California. [1] It operated from 1914 to around 1922. [1] The two developed a proposal for a design competition for the Veterans' Memorial Building. [1] Several of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Glass (March 8, 1885 - January 31, 1954) was born in San Francisco and grew up in Fresno, where he attended Fresno High School. He worked as a draftsman for two architectural firms in Philadelphia. [2] He achieved a Certificate of Proficiency in Architecture in 1912, perhaps in Pennsylvania or perhaps in California. [2]

Butner (July 31, 1888 - June 10, 1957) was born in Pennsylvania. [3] He served in World War I as a pilot in the United States Army Air Service. [3]

In 1922 there was some controversy, involving an article published as an interview, and statement of a member of the firm not being certified as an architect. Glass denounced the article in a letter to the Western Architect and Engineer. [4]

Works by the firm include:

Butner separately worked with Robert Stanton around 1936. [6]

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  3. 1 2 "Charles Edgar Butner".
  4. Editor. Western Architect and Engineer. 1922. glass and butner architects.
  5. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  6. "Butner and Stanton, Architects (Partnership)".