The Old Firehouse ~

Fire Department and Police Station
Thanks: Beau Olsen

Covenant United Presbyterian Church ~

1813-2013

The oldest church building in Butler is also the city’s oldest congregation. The congregation began formally meeting at the Butler County Courthouse on 

April 7, 1813, with its current home being built in 1862.

Photo: Georgia Sawhook

                                                         As of 2023 --- up for sale: $325,000

Eastland Diner ~ Butler - Erie

Butler Photo: Randy Flowerday

Erie Photo: Barbara Bloom

We went to Erie yesterday and located the former Eastland Diner from Butler. It is now at the entrance to Presque Isle in Erie. It is on display, and walked inside to take pictures [click here].

Center Avenue ~

Thanks: Dave Craig

William Manners~Butler Author~BHS '26

William Manners

† September 6, 1994

Editor, Biographer, Non-fiction Writer, Teacher, onetime boxer.

• Father and the Angels. New York: Dutton, 1947.
• Isn’t it a Crime? New York: Arc Books, 1947.
• One Is a Lonesome Number. New York: Dutton, 1950.
• Wake Up and Write. New York: Arc Books, 1962.
• The Barking Cat Case. New York: P. Collier, 1963.
• The Crying Schoolhouse Case. New York: P. Collier, 1963.
• The Fifty-pound Giant Case. New York: P. Collier, 1963.
• The Talking Pigeon Case. New York: P. Collier, 1963.
• One, Two, three, Go. New York: Four Winds Press, 1967.
• TR and Will: A Friendship that Split the Republican Party. New York: Harcourt, 1969
• Patience and Fortitude: Fiorello LaGuardia: A Biography. New York: Harcourt, 1976.
• The Quick and Easy Vegetarian Cookbook. (with Ruth Ann Mathers) New York: M. Evans, 1978.