Inside the Court House ~

Thanks: Barbara Bloom

Digging Out ~

1976

Thanks: Leslie McKain

Summit Academy ~ Herman, Pa.

A tribute to 

Samuel Costanzo

Founder and Headmaster:  

Friend and Helper of The Young.
About the Academy

Butler Theater ~

Happy Days

Connoquenessing Creek ~

The postmark on the back is dated July12,1935

Thanks: Dennis Moffitt

St. Mary's Monastery at Herman ~

First generation Italians loved this Capuchin monastery. Crowds of them would make pilgrimages to Herman and spend the day there honoring St. Francis, the patron saint of the land they had left behind. 

Thanks: Mike Schuler

Loss ~

Thanks, Nick Ban, for 25 years of service.

Photo: Butler News

John Quincy Adams Kennedy Mansion ~

Hidden away beside the Court House.

Thanks: Beau Olson

Nixon Hotel 1973 ~

Thanks: Celia Snodgrass

The Worsley's Building ~

The building was so badly damaged in a fire on Friday night, March 11, 2016 that it will have to be torn down.
Photo: John Cingolani

Lyndora School ~

Third Grade 1953, 
Ms Eberhardt.

Thanks: John Pichler

Cherrie Ann Mahan ~ Dear Little Girl

February 22, 1985

After all these years, she is still gone, but not forgotten, as her family and friends still pray for her safe return.Today marks the anniversary of the disappearance of 8-year-old Cherrie Ann Mahan. The dark-haired and wide-eyed third-grade student at Winfield Elementary School was dropped off from her school bus along Cornplanter Road in Winfield Township, Cabot, Pennsylvania shortly after 4 o'clock that afternoon. Cherrie never made the 50 feet from her bus stop to her front door, and today, State Police at Butler are still collecting leads that will hopefully bring her home safely someday.

Tribute to BHS athletes ~

 A gift of the NFL to BHS.

Footballs honoring Terry Hanratty and Rich Saul. Both played in Super Bowl games, Hanratty for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Saul for the Los Angeles Rams.

Photo: Insidebutlercounty.com

Wholesale Plumbing and Heating Supply~

Building razed due to viaduct construction.

Slippery Rock University ~

Founded March 26, 1889
Old Main

Katie McLafferty ~

The Herman community and the fire department pay tribute to a beloved member. 

Johnson's Restaurant ~

Not Howard Johnson's. This was the Johnson family that was part owner of Lloyd-Johnson Co. This is actually the same store, long before the Office Supply store was in it.

Thanks: Celia Snodgrass

St. Andrew's United Presbyterian Church ~

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

Lowry House ~

Photo: Helen Lowry Schalles

Pullman Standard ~

When production was great.

Photo: Cappy Pucket

Circus Town ~

Abandoned cage. 

Photo: Dennis Keyes

Joseph Sherman's Car ~ Made in Butler

Joseph Sherman established his Star Iron Works in Butler in 1890. Two automobiles were built in the Butler factory very early in the 20th Century, one owned by the J.B. Sherman family, the other by the A.E. Russell family.
From an undated clipping of an auto-club run in the Russell car from Butler to Pittsburgh:  "These cars, both 50 horse power, have run throughout the season, with little or no repairs, and without one serious breakdown. Members of the party who made the trip say that some of the miles were covered at a mile a minute clip, and even then the big machine did not seem to be anywhere near its limit of speed."

Thanks: Jeff Schalles

Our Constant Reminder ~

For those who served.

For those who died.

South Side Fire Department ~

Across the street from Diehl's Bakery

Thanks: Robert Emigh

BHS ~ Golden Tornado Football ~ 2015

BHS 17 [L] – Altoona - 19

BHS 22 [L] – Baldwin - 45 

BHS 07 [L] - North Hills - 35

BHS 20 [L] - Shaler - 30

BHS 07 [L] - Seneca Valley - 43

BHS 07 [L] - North Allegheny - 41

BHS 30 [L] - Pine Richland - 67

BHS 30 [W] - Fox Chapel - 22 

BHS 00 [L] - Central Catholic - 49

Deshon VA Hospital ~

Thanks: Dennis Moffitt

Flooding ~ 1954

Looking down Pillow Street 

towards West Cunningham Street. 

The date on the back of the photo is 9/15/1954.

Thanks: Carl Aquaviva 

St. Michael School ~

Opened 1922

Thanks: Butlerbloggers

Hindman Farm Supply ~

Thanks for taking care of our cars and trucks.

Atlas Hotel ~

Thanks: Dave Craig