Gone Forever ~

Catty-corner to the old Majestic Theater

Car Show 2011 ~

Photo: Paul Johnson

Diehl's Bakery ~ Has Now Been Torn Down

The building was levelled.
2009

The Diehl Baking Co ~

The Diehl Baking Co in Butler, Pa. started on May 20, 1910 and built the present building at the corner of Monroe and Center Ave in 1914. The business was sold to Mr. Chantler in 1940. The bakery continued in business till 1949. [Isaly's next door]

Photo: Dave Craig

Willard Hotel ~

Elegant hotel downtown. 

Morgan's Diner ~

Bill Morgan's original diner in Butler at Jefferson and Washington Streets years later.

Another Sad Closing ~

Robert's Bakery

109 S Main St

is closing at the end of business today.

The Larkin Building ~

As of today, Sep 30, 2008 the Larkin Building is no more. . . . . Photos Color: Pat Gallagher
Photos B/W: Barbara Bloom

Our Old Main Street Viaduct ~ Gone

We fancied the straight thrust of Main Street from the northern hill to the southern, right through the center of town.

Main Street Clock

1947

... It was in our very center
in those days
when uptown was where
all our paths crossed.
From: The Butler Pennsylvania Poems

Bill Morgan's First Diner ~

The the corner of Jefferson and Washington Streets.

Snapshot of Butler, Sept. 2006

Downtown Butler Today without Woolworth's. 

Corner of Cunningham and Main Streets looking over to the steeple of St. Paul's Church. 
Woolworth's is no longer.

Clinton Hotel ~

One of our former imposing buildings, a favorite hotel. Now sadly missed.