William M. Butterfield

William M. Butterfield (1860–1932) was an American architect from New Hampshire.[1]

William M. Butterfield
William M. Butterfield, 1896.
BornOctober 22, 1860
Sidney, Maine
DiedJune 6, 1932
Manchester, New Hampshire
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArchitect
PracticeBodwell & Butterfield; William M. Butterfield; William M. Butterfield Company; Butterfield-Guertin Company

Early life and education

Butterfield was born October 22, 1860, in Sidney, Maine.[2] His father, Chesmon Butterfield, was a carpenter and builder. The family moved to Waterville in 1871, when young Butterfield was 11 years old. At that time, his father established himself as an architect as well as a builder. He trained with his father and, at the age of 16, took a job with Foster & Dutton, a Waterville contracting firm with a statewide reputation. He quickly rose through the ranks, and by the age of 17 was supervising the construction of large structures, most notably a major expansion in 1879 of the Hotel Wentworth in New Castle.[1]

Career

In 1880, he established himself as a contractor in Concord, Massachusetts, but moved in 1881 to Manchester, New Hampshire, to open an architect's office.[1]

Upon his arrival, he formed a partnership with Albert E. Bodwell, who would later become Edward Dow's head designer.[3] The partnership, Bodwell & Butterfield, had been dissolved by September. Butterfield remained in private practice for the duration of the 19th century. In about 1907 he took his son Clinton C. Butterfield and Parker K. Weston into the firm, which became the William M. Butterfield Company.[4] By 1920, Butterfield was managing the practice alone. In 1924 Butterfield formed a partnership with architect Jean-Noël Guertin. The firm was known as the Butterfield-Guertin Company and lasted until 1927,[5] after which Butterfield resumed his private practice until his death in 1932. During his final years, his chief associate was Norris W. Corey.[6] Corey would be Butterfield's successor,[7] and practiced until his retirement in the 1970s.[6] Among Corey's designs is the Town Hall of Goffstown, New Hampshire, built in 1947.[8]

Personal life

Butterfield was married twice. First in 1882 to Rose E. Annis of Peterborough. She died in 1884, not long after giving birth to their son, Clinton Chesmon Butterfield. He married again in 1885, to Belle Knox of Manchester.[2]

Butterfield died June 6, 1932, in Manchester.

Legacy

Butterfield was the leading architect in Manchester and New Hampshire from about the 1890s until the time of World War I. During that period he was highly sought after as a designer of town halls, courthouses, churches, and other public and private buildings.[3]

During the 1880s Butterfield employed John F. Stanton, who would go on to be a noted architect in Topeka, Kansas.[9]

At least nine of his designs have been placed on the United States National Register of Historic Places, and many others contribute to listed historic districts.

Architectural works
YearBuildingAddressCityStateNotesImageReference
1881Farmington Town Hall356 Main StFarmingtonNew HampshireHighly altered.[10]
1882House for Freeman Higgins537 Pine StManchesterNew Hampshire[3]
1882House for Charles Morrill1799 Elm StManchesterNew Hampshire[3]
1882Peoples' M. E. Church60 Pennacook StManchesterNew Hampshire[11]
1882St. Paul's M. E. ChurchUnion and Amherst StsManchesterNew HampshireDemolished.[12]
1885[13]Central Police StationManchester and Central StsManchesterNew HampshireDemolished.[14]
1886Hollis Town Hall7 Monument SqHollisNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as part of the Hollis Village Historic District.[15]
1886Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church65 Sagamore StManchesterNew Hampshire[11]
1888Beth Eden Baptist Church82 Maple StWalthamMassachusettsListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[16]
1888Fire Station No. 544 Webster StManchesterNew HampshireDemolished in 1993.[17]
1888House for Hosea B. Burnham74 Brook StManchesterNew Hampshire[18]
1888House for Nelson S. Whitman263 Main StNashuaNew Hampshire[19]
1889Goffstown Town Hall216 Main StGoffstownNew HampshireBurned in 1937.[11]
1889Immanuel M. E. Church545 Moody StWalthamMassachusetts[2][20]
1889Pittsfield High School (former)85 Main StPittsfieldNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District. Now the Town Hall.[21]
1890Goffstown Congregational Church8 Main StGoffstownNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[11]
1891First Baptist Church298 Blackstone StWoonsocketRhode Island[22]
1891Odd Fellows Building142 Main StNashuaNew Hampshire[23]
1891House for John Butler Smith62 School StHillsboroughNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[24]
1891House for Roger G. Sullivan168 Walnut StManchesterNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[3]
1892Franklin City Hall316 Central StFranklinNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Franklin Falls Historic District.[25]
1892Kennard Block1008 Elm StManchesterNew HampshireBurned in 1902.[26]
1892Monadnock Block1140-1160 Elm StManchesterNew HampshireDemolished in 1987.[26]
1892Nesmith HallUniversity of New HampshireDurhamNew HampshireHighly altered.[27]
1892Pittsfield Academy5 Park StPittsfieldNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District.[21]
1892Smith and Dow Block1426-1470 Elm StManchesterNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[28]
1892Varick Building815 Elm StManchesterNew HampshireRebuilt after a 1914 fire.[2][29]
1892Weston, Hill & Fitts Building1061 Elm StManchesterNew Hampshire[30]
1893Bank Building20 W Park StLebanonNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Colburn Park Historic District.[31]
1893Belknap County Courthouse64 Court StLaconiaNew Hampshire[32]
1893Pumping StationOak Hill ReservoirManchesterNew HampshireDemolished.[33]
1893"Wildwood Hall" for George H. Moore506 Moore Hill RdNewburyVermontListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[34]
1894Hillsborough County Buildings (former)329 Mast RdGoffstownNew HampshireOriginally home to Hillsborough County's social services, now used for courts and offices.[2]
1894Pearl Street SchoolPearl StManchesterNew Hampshire[35]
1895Acquilla Building3 Pleasant StConcordNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as part of the Downtown Concord Historic District.[36]
1895Calumet Club126 Lowell StManchesterNew HampshireAltered.[37]
1895Weston Terrace70 Lowell StManchesterNew Hampshire[28]
1896Manchester Central High School207 Lowell StManchesterNew Hampshire[26]
1896House for George E. Gould2321 Elm StManchesterNew Hampshire[2]
1896Stone Memorial BuildingN Stark HwyWeareNew Hampshire[11]
1897Adams Free Library92 Park StAdamsMassachusetts[38]
1897John M. Hunt Home334 Main StNashuaNew Hampshire[2]
1899Globe Congregational Church340 S Main StWoonsocketRhode Island[39]
1899Nurses' ResidenceNew Hampshire State Hospital (former)ConcordNew Hampshire[40]
1901Josiah Carpenter Library41 Main StPittsfieldNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District.[21]
1902Academie Notre Dame372 Beech StManchesterNew Hampshire[41]
1902Batchelder Street School (former)12 Batchelder StLaconiaNew Hampshire[42]
1902House for Alonzo H. Weston2241 Elm StManchesterNew Hampshire[24]
1902Newport Academy and Graded SchoolSchool StNewportVermontDemolished.[2]
1902Washington Street School (former)72 Washington StLaconiaNew Hampshire[42]
1903Beacon Building814 Elm StManchesterNew Hampshire[2]
1903Chutter Block43 Main StLittletonNew Hampshire[2]
1903Littleton Bank Building76 Main StLittletonNew HampshireDemolished.[2]
1903New Hampshire Masonic Home813 Beech StManchesterNew Hampshire[2]
1903Waterville Savings Bank Building165 Main StWatervilleMaineListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2014 as part of the Waterville Main Street Historic District.[43]
1904Pembroke Academy209 Academy RdSuncookNew HampshireBurned in 1936.[44]
1904Sphinx TombDartmouth CollegeHanoverNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[45]
1905Hillsborough County Courthouse (former)Market StManchesterNew HampshirePresently the City Hall Annex.[24]
1905Thayer BuildingNew Hampshire State Hospital (former)ConcordNew Hampshire[46]
1906South Grammar School38 Gold StWatervilleMaine[43]
1907ChapelPine Grove CemeteryWatervilleMaine[47]
1908Concord State Armory (former)39 Green StConcordNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Concord Civic District.[48]
1908Hussey Block185 Main StWatervilleMaine[43]
1908 Elmwood Hotel addition 211 Main St Waterville Maine
1909Y. M. C. A. Building30 Mechanic StManchesterNew Hampshire[49]
1910First M. E. Church961 Valley StManchesterNew Hampshire[50]
1913Saidel Apartments238 Pearl StManchesterNew Hampshire[51]
1915House for David W. Anderson523 Beacon StManchesterNew Hampshire[52]
1915Holy Trinity Cathedral166 Pearl StManchesterNew Hampshire[52]
1916Oscar Foss Memorial Library111 S Barnstead RdBarnsteadNew HampshireListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[53]
1920Franklin Street School255 Franklin StManchesterNew HampshireDemolished.[54]
1921City Guaranty Savings Bank Building119 Main StNashuaNew HampshireLater known as the Old Guaranty National Bank. Altered.[55]
1921LaFlamme Apartments10 Prospect StManchesterNew Hampshire[28]
1924Aaron Cutler Memorial Library269 Charles Bancroft HwyLitchfieldNew Hampshire[6]
1925Brewer High School (former)5 Somerset StBrewerMaineListed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[5]
1927Berlin State Armory (former)135 Green StBerlinNew Hampshire[56]

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