Majestic Theater ~

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The Butler Public Library ~

It was uplifting to go into this building and be among the books.

New library

The Maridon Museum ~

The Maridon opened on May 8th, 2004. It is the only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region with a specific focus on Asian Art and Culture coupled with German Meissen porcelain. The museum — both the objects and the buildings that house them — is the gift of Mary Hulton Phillips. Patricia Lowry, writing in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, pronounced the Maridon a "gleaming little gem of a museum."

Photo: Brian Loch

YMCA ~ Tumble Inn

Photo: DeWayne Johnston

The former YMCA now CUBS Hall was the site of Friday night "Tumble Inn" dances in the gym from the 50's to 60's +. Not sure when they ended. As a teenager, it was "Be there or be square."
DeWayne Johnston

Old Junior High School ~ The Yellow Building

What is left of the Junior High School: a monument.

 Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Snow Storm ~ November 1950

 Butler Junior High School 
[The Yellow Building]
in the background.

Photo: Mark H. Welchley

St. Andrew's United Presbyterian Church ~

At the corner of Jefferson and McKean. 
First worship service 1804.

Atlas Hotel ~

Thanks: Dave Craig

Hotel Atlas ~

Once a fine downtown hotel.

Thanks: Melanie Wetzel

The Hoagie Shop ~

Only a stone's throw away from the High School.

Thanks: Rick Davore

The Great West Window ~

The magnificent window above the sanctuary in St. Paul's church.

Guardian Angel ~

School crossing guard: Jane Bradshaw
Thanks: Larry Parisi

Atlas Hotel ~

Was close to the railroad station.

Thanks: Dave Craig

St. Paul Church ~ Built 1911

 "Stand Fast in the Faith"

   Words over the entrance.

Butler Junior High School ~ 1913

A stately yellow brick building just across from St. Paul church. 

Looking Up McKean Street ~

From McKean and North Streets

Maridon Museum ~

The Maridon opened on May 8th, 2004. It is the only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region with a specific focus on Asian Art and Culture coupled with German Meissen porcelain. The museum — both the objects and the buildings that house them — is the gift of Mary Hulton Phillips.

Photo: Barbara Bloom

Hoagie Shop ~

Still open since the '50s.

Photo: Paul Johnson

Dedication of St.Paul Church ~ September 10, 1911

It was a glorious day 100 years ago today.  
St. Paul Church Dedication
September 10, 1911

St. Paul's Steeple ~

Climbing Butler's Summit

St. Paul's Church

Photo: Robert Emigh