Butler Downtown Historic district
National Register of Historic Places

Butler Downtown Historic district

Butler, Taylor County, Georgia
Listed
January 12, 2005
Type
District
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
04001466

About this property

The Butler Downtown Historic District is a historic district in Butler, Georgia that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It includes 46 contributing buildings, and also contributing are one site and two other structures (one a Conferate monument). 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. The district has three historic gas stations (see photos #10, #11, and #12), which is unusual for a small town or any historic district. 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." 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. 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).

Location

Butler, Taylor County, Georgia
32.55720, -84.23655

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONSCOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Taylor County Courthouse
Industrial
0.1 mi
Union Methodist Church Cemetery-Hays Campground Cemetery
Civil War
5.7 mi
Ricks, Ferdinand A., House
Industrial
8.4 mi
Lockhart-Cosby Plantation
Industrial
10.3 mi
Hawkins, Col. Benjamin, Gravesite
Listed
11.2 mi

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When was Butler Downtown Historic district listed on the National Register?

Butler Downtown Historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 2005.

What type of historic resource is Butler Downtown Historic district?

Butler Downtown Historic district is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Butler Downtown Historic district?

The period of significance for Butler Downtown Historic district is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1935.

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