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|   Invention of the Jeep
in Pennsylvania Historical Markers Ever wonder where all those YJTB's and WJTB's came from? It all started in Butler, Pennsylvania, just north of Pittsburgh, where Bantam made the first Jeep. posted by:  The Leprechauns location: Pennsylvania date listed: 3/9/2006 last visited: 7/22/2007 |
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|  Veterans Administration Building, Butler, PA.
in Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers Located in Butler ,PA. on the grounds of the Veterans Administration Building, off New Castle Rd (Rte 68). posted by:  Andy Too location: Pennsylvania date listed: 10/27/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8 km |  Butler Masonic Temple, Butler, Pennsylvania
in Masonic Temples This Beaux-Arts masonic temple, truly resembling a temple, was built in 1910 for Butler Lodge #272. It now also houses Victory Lodge #694, formed on April 24, 1919, and the William H. Miller Lodge #769. posted by:  JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/4/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Lowrie, Sen. Walter, House - Butler, Pennsylvania
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Built of local materials in 1828, this vernacular Greek Revival house was erected by U.S. Senator Walter Lowrie. Although Greek Revival was the style of choice prior to 1850, this is the last remaining example in the Butler area. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  John Quincy Adams Kennedy House, Butler, Pennsylvania
in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings John Quincy Adams Kennedy was an early oil driller in Butler County. He erected this extravagant French Second Empire mansion behind the courthouse in 1884. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | 1898 Rockenstein Building, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Not only were homes mail-order at the turn-of-the-century, so were storefronts. This cast-iron facade on the 1898 Rockenstein Building is one example. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | Butler Eagle Building, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Eagles provide a graceful flourish to this 1924 Beaux-Arts building housing Butler’s daily newspaper. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: 8/15/2007 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | Butler County National Bank - Butler, Pennsylvania in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Besides being a gorgeous French Renaissance Revival structure and Butler’s first skyscraper, this building’s claim-to-fame is that the Marquis de Lafayette 'dined' here. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | Butler County Courthouse - Butler, Pennsylvania in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The current Butler County Courthouse, which has been described as “High Victorian Gothic with Romanesque accents,” was designed by Pittsburgh architect James P. Bailey in 1885. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | Butler Historic District - Butler, Pennsylvania in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Butler has a cute Main Street and a pleasant courthouse square, but the real treat in this city is a few blocks beyond Main. Here you’ll find almost a dozen Gothic and Romanesque Revival churches, each with arches, towers and stunning stained glass. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | Butler County in Pennsylvania Historical Markers The County marker for Butler County is in front of the County Courthouse. Across the street is a nice veteran's memorial park. It's waymarking heaven! Park once, visit eight waymarks in seven different categories. posted by: The Leprechauns location: Pennsylvania date listed: 12/17/2006 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | General Richard Butler - PLAQUE in Pennsylvania Historical Markers Butler County was named after this Irish American hero of the Revolutionary War. posted by: The Leprechauns location: Pennsylvania date listed: 12/17/2006 last visited: 7/16/2007 |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Butler Diamond, Butler, Pennsylvania
in Municipal Parks and Plazas Beautifully landscaped and surrounded on three sides by historic structures, including the Butler County Courthouse and the Butler County National Bank Building, Butler’s Diamond forms a pleasant courthouse square. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Vietnam War Memorial, Diamond Park, Butler, PA, USA
in Vietnam War Memorials Butler County, Pennsylvania, Vietnam War Memorial. This memorial contains the names of 61 men from Butler County who lost their lives in the war. Park is at East Diamond Street and Main Streets just in front of the Butler County Courthouse. posted by: HANSENNI location: Pennsylvania date listed: 9/6/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Butler County WWII Memorial, Butler Pennsylvania
in World War II Memorials / Monuments This unusual memorial, built to resemble a field-erected bunker, tries to depict the breadth, scope and horror of the second World War. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 9/8/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km |  Grace @ Calvary Lutheran Church, Butler, Pennsylvania
in This Old Church This church building is a great example of Romanesque Revival architecture, with heavy stone and rounded arches contrasted by colorful stained glass. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | 1895 Butler YMCA, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Butler’s first YMCA, on the Diamond, combines elements of Romanesque and Dutch Colonial styles. It was probably designed by regional architect S.W. Foulke. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.2 km | St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church and Sunday School Building, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings St. Mark’s Sunday School Building was designed by the Boston architectural firm of Cram and Ferguson in 1927. During the same time period, Cram and Ferguson designed the campus of the Rice Institute in Houston. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | First Baptist Church, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Butler’s Baptist congregation, organized in 1876, erected this late Gothic Revival church in 1914. Like other churches in Butler, stained glass is used most effectively. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | U.S. Post Office, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings By 1913 Butler was large enough to garner its own U.S. Post Office Building, a Beaux-Arts beauty. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: 8/15/2007 |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | Grace Lutheran Church, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings Across from First Baptist looms Grace Lutheran, another late Gothic Revival church erected a year earlier, in 1913. Huge, partitioned windows feature colorful stained glass contrasted with the black soot collected on the church’s building stones. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km |  Bethany Reformed Church - Butler, Pennsylvania
in Stained Glass Windows On the aptly named Church Street is another of Butler's late Gothic Revival churches, the Bethany Reformed Church, erected in 1911. This church has perhaps the most beautiful stained glass in Butler. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km | Church of Christ, Butler, Pennsylvania in NRHP Historic Districts - Contributing Buildings By 1924, when the Church of Christ was built on the corner opposite Bethany Reformed, the late Gothic Revival style of Butler churches had become more sedate. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/5/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km |  Butler Savings and Trust Building, Butler, Pennsylvania
in Art Deco - Art Nouveau Mischievous men surround the base of Butler’s tallest building, designed by the New York City firm of Mowbray and Ufflinger in 1925. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE8.4 km |  Butler, Pennsylvania
in City and Town Halls Butler architect F.J. Porter designed this 1909 Beaux-Arts home for George A. Troutman, owner of Troutman’s Dry Goods. In an early example of adaptive reuse of historic structures, it was converted into the Butler City Hall in 1930. posted by: JimmyEv location: Pennsylvania date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: never |
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