William M. Butterfield Explained

William M. Butterfield
Nationality:American
Birth Date:October 22, 1860
Birth Place:Sidney, Maine
Death Date:June 6, 1932
Death Place:Manchester, New Hampshire
Practice:Bodwell & Butterfield; William M. Butterfield; William M. Butterfield Company; Butterfield-Guertin Company

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

Early life and education

Butterfield was born October 22, 1860, in Sidney, Maine. 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.[2] 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.[3] 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, after which Butterfield resumed his private practice until his death in 1932. During his final years, his chief associate was Norris W. Corey.[4] Corey would be Butterfield's successor,[5] and practiced until his retirement in the 1970s.[4] Among Corey's designs is the Town Hall of Goffstown, New Hampshire, built in 1947.[6]

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.

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.[2]

During the 1880s Butterfield employed John F. Stanton, who would go on to be a noted architect in Topeka, Kansas.[7]

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

! Year !! Building !! Address !! City !! State !! Notes !! Image !! Reference
1881 Farmington Town Hall 356 Main St Highly altered. [8]
1882 House for Freeman Higgins 537 Pine St
1882 House for Charles Morrill 1799 Elm St
1882 Peoples' M. E. Church 60 Pennacook St [9]
1882 St. Paul's M. E. Church Union and Amherst Sts Demolished. [10]
1885[11] Central Police Station Manchester and Central Sts Demolished. [12]
1886 Hollis Town Hall 7 Monument Sq Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as part of the Hollis Village Historic District. [13]
1886 65 Sagamore St
1888 82 Maple St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [14]
1888 Fire Station No. 5 44 Webster St Demolished in 1993. [15]
1888 House for Hosea B. Burnham 74 Brook St [16]
1888 House for Nelson S. Whitman 263 Main St [17]
1889 Goffstown Town Hall 216 Main St Burned in 1937.
1889 Immanuel M. E. Church 545 Moody St [18] [19]
1889 Pittsfield High School (former) 85 Main St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District. Now the Town Hall. [20]
1890 8 Main St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
1891 First Baptist Church 298 Blackstone St [21]
1891 Odd Fellows Building 142 Main St [22]
1891 62 School St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [23]
1891 168 Walnut St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
1892 Franklin City Hall 316 Central St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Franklin Falls Historic District. [24]
1892 Kennard Block 1008 Elm St Burned in 1902. [25]
1892 Monadnock Block 1140-1160 Elm St Demolished in 1987.
1892 Nesmith Hall Highly altered. [26]
1892 Pittsfield Academy 5 Park St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District.
1892 1426-1470 Elm St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [27]
1892 Varick Building 815 Elm St Rebuilt after a 1914 fire. [28]
1892 Weston, Hill & Fitts Building 1061 Elm St [29]
1893 Bank Building 20 W Park St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as part of the Colburn Park Historic District. [30]
1893 64 Court St [31]
1893 Pumping Station Oak Hill Reservoir Demolished. [32]
1893 "Wildwood Hall" for George H. Moore 506 Moore Hill Rd Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [33]
1894 Hillsborough County Buildings (former) 329 Mast Rd Originally home to Hillsborough County's social services, now used for courts and offices.
1894 Pearl Street School Pearl St [34]
1895 Acquilla Building 3 Pleasant St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as part of the Downtown Concord Historic District. [35]
1895 Calumet Club 126 Lowell St Altered. [36]
1895 Weston Terrace 70 Lowell St
1896 Manchester Central High School 207 Lowell St
1896 House for George E. Gould 2321 Elm St
1896 Stone Memorial Building N Stark Hwy
1897 Adams Free Library 92 Park St [37]
1897 John M. Hunt Home 334 Main St
1899 Globe Congregational Church 340 S Main St [38]
1899 Nurses' Residence New Hampshire State Hospital (former) [39]
1901 Josiah Carpenter Library 41 Main St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as part of the Pittsfield Center Historic District.
1902 Academie Notre Dame 372 Beech St [40]
1902 Batchelder Street School (former) 12 Batchelder St [41]
1902 House for Alonzo H. Weston 2241 Elm St
1902 Newport Academy and Graded School School St Demolished.
1902 Washington Street School (former) 72 Washington St
1903 Beacon Building 814 Elm St
1903 Chutter Block 43 Main St
1903 Littleton Bank Building 76 Main St Demolished.
1903 New Hampshire Masonic Home 813 Beech St
1903 Waterville Savings Bank Building 165 Main St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2014 as part of the Waterville Main Street Historic District. [42]
1904 209 Academy Rd Burned in 1936. [43]
1904 Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [44]
1905 Hillsborough County Courthouse (former) Market St Presently the City Hall Annex.
1905 Thayer Building New Hampshire State Hospital (former) [45]
1906 South Grammar School 38 Gold St
1907 Chapel Pine Grove Cemetery [46]
1908 Concord State Armory (former) 39 Green St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1983 as part of the Concord Civic District. [47]
1908 Hussey Block 185 Main St
1908Elmwood Hotel addition211 Main StWatervilleMaine
1909 Y. M. C. A. Building 30 Mechanic St [48]
1910 First M. E. Church 961 Valley St [49]
1913 Saidel Apartments 238 Pearl St [50]
1915 House for David W. Anderson 523 Beacon St [51]
1915 Holy Trinity Cathedral 166 Pearl St
1916 111 S Barnstead Rd Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [52]
1920 Franklin Street School 255 Franklin St Demolished. [53]
1921 City Guaranty Savings Bank Building 119 Main St Later known as the Old Guaranty National Bank. Altered. [54]
1921 LaFlamme Apartments 10 Prospect St
1924 Aaron Cutler Memorial Library 269 Charles Bancroft Hwy
1925 Brewer High School (former) 5 Somerset St Listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [55]
1927 Berlin State Armory (former) 135 Green St [56]

Notes and References

  1. Shettleworth, Earle G., Jr. "Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Maine: Chesmon Butterfield, 1835-1881". http://www.state.me.us/mhpc/architects_bio.html. 1995. Web.
  2. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/04000150 Roger Sullivan House NRHP Registration Form
  3. Manchester city directories
  4. Nashua (NH) Telegraph, June 1, 1972, 18.
  5. "Corey, Norris W.," in American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1956): 110.
  6. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000153 Goffstown Main Street Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  7. "John F. Stanton" in The Province and the States: A History of the Province of Louisiana Under France and Spain, and of the Territories and States of the United States Formed Therefrom, ed. Weston Arthur Goodspeed, vol. 7. (Madison: Western Historical Association, 1904): 468.
  8. "Stray Chips," Carpentry and Building 3, no. 9 (September 1881): 162.
  9. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/96000193 Goffstown Congregational Church NRHP Registration Form
  10. History of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, ed. D. Hamilton Hurd (Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Company, 1885)
  11. George Franklin Willey, Willey's Semi-Centennial Book of Manchester, 1846-1896 (Manchester: George F. Willey, 1896)
  12. George F. Bacon, "Wm. M. Butterfield" in Manchester and its Leading Business Men (Boston: Mercantile Publishing Company, 1891)
  13. Bryant F. Tolles Jr. and Carolyn K. Tolles, New Hampshire Architecture: An Illustrated Guide (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1979)
  14. "WLT.55", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  15. Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Manchester for the Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 1888. 1889.
  16. New Hampshire Homes (Concord: James A. Wood, 1895)
  17. Building 9, no. 14 (October 6, 1888): 3.
  18. G. A. Cheney, "William M. Butterfield: A New Hampshire Architect and His Work," Granite Monthly 34, no. 3 (March 1903): 145-152.
  19. "WLT.57", mhc-macris.net, Massachusetts Historical Commission, n. d.
  20. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/80000416 Pittsfield Center Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  21. Woonsocket, Rhode Island: Statewide Historic Preservation Report P-W-1 (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1976)
  22. "New Hampshire," Bangor (ME) Daily Whig and Courier, April 10, 1891, 1.
  23. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02000959 Gov. John Butler Smith House NRHP Registration Form
  24. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/82001691 Franklin Falls Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  25. Robert B. Perreault Manchester (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2005)
  26. Twenty-first Report of the Board of Trustees of the College of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts to the New Hampshire Legislature (Concord: Edward N. Pearson, printer, 1893)
  27. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02001549 Smith & Dow Block NRHP Registration Form
  28. "Varick Building Burns at Manchester, N. H.," Fire and Water Engineering 52, no. 2 (July 8, 1914): 27.
  29. "Contract News," Stone 4, no. 7 (April 1892): 18.
  30. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/86000782 Colburn Park Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  31. "Belknap County Court-house, Laconia, N. H.," American Architect and Building News 41, no. 915 (July 8, 1893): 31.
  32. "The New High-Service Water Supply of Manchester, N. H.," Engineering News 34, no. 10 (September 5, 1895): 148. New York.
  33. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/78000237 Wildwood Hall NRHP Registration Form
  34. Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Manchester, New Hampshire (Manchester: John B. Clarke, printer, 1895)
  35. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/00000652 Downtown Concord Historic District NRHP Registration Form
  36. "Our Illustrations," Inland Architect and News Record 26, no. 6 (January 1896): 65.
  37. "Interesting News Items," Brickbuilder 6, no. 11 (November 1897): 263.
  38. "Churches," Stone 18, no. 5 (April 1899): 235.
  39. Annual Reports of the Board of Visitors, Trustees, Superintendent, Treasurer, and Financial Agent of the New Hampshire Asylum for the Insane to the Governor and Council, November, 1900 (Manchester: Arthur E. Clarke, printer, 1900.
  40. "Building Intelligence," American Architect and Building News 75, no. 1369 (March 22, 1902): xi.
  41. Tenth Annual Report of the Receipts and Expenditures of the City of Laconia, New Hampshire for the Year Ending February 15, 1903 (Laconia: Laconia Press Association, printers, 1903)
  42. Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Waterville (Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2013)
  43. "New Schools," School Board Journal 24, no. 7 (July 1904): 26.
  44. Scott Meacham, Dartmouth College: an Architectural Tour (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009)
  45. "Buildings," Engineering News 53, no. 6 (February 9, 1905): 47.
  46. Calder, Amy. "Waterville cemetery chapel discovery offers glimpse of past, potential for future". http://www.centralmaine.com/. 21 Oct. 2013.
  47. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/83004203 Concord Civic District NRHP Registration Form
  48. "Building News," American Architect 96, no. 1753 (July 28, 1909): 8.
  49. "Churches and Dwellings," Engineering Record 61, no. 6 (February 5, 1910): 68.
  50. "Manchester, N. H.," American Contractor 34, no. 3 (January 18, 1913): 50.
  51. "Manchester, N. H.," American Contractor 36, no. 24 (June 12, 1915): 53.
  52. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85002779 Oscar Foss Memorial Library NRHP Registration Form
  53. "Manchester, N. H.," American Contractor 41, no. 41 (October 9, 1920): 46.
  54. "Manchester, N. H.," American Contractor 42, no. 27 (July 2, 1921): 74.
  55. Brewer High School NRHP Registration Form (2014)
  56. Paul Tardiff, Once Upon a Berlin Time, vol. 3 (Bloomington: AuthorHouse, 2010)

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