William M. Butterfield

Beth Eden Baptist Church, Waltham, MA. 1888-91.

Pittsfield High School, Pittsfield, NH. 1889-90.

Goffstown Congregational Church, Goffstown, NH. 1890.

John Butler Smith House, Hillsborough, NH. 1891-92.

Roger G. Sullivan House, Manchester, NH. 1891-92.

Belknap County Courthouse, Laconia, NH. 1892-94.

Franklin Town (City) Hall, Franklin, NH. 1892.

Pittsfield Academy, Pittsfield, NH. 1892.

Smith and Dow Block, Manchester, NH. 1892.

Sphinx Tomb, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 1904-05.

Oscar Foss Memorial Building, Barnstead, NH. 1916-17.

William M. Butterfield (1862-1932) was an American architect from New Hampshire.^[1]

Butterfield was born in Sidney, Maine in 1860. 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 aged of 17 took a job with Moses C. Foster, a Waterville contractor. He moved quickly through the ranks, and by the age of 17 he was supervising the construction of major structures. In 1880 he established himself as a contractor in Concord, New Hampshire, but moved in 1881 to Manchester 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 had been dissolved by September. Around 1883 he made John F. Stanton a partner, but nothing else of the partnership is known, and it appears to have dissolved soon afterward.^[3] Other than that, Butterfield remained in pravate practice for the duration of the 19th century. Sometime between 1905 and 1907 he took his son, Clinton C. Butterfield, and Parker K. Weston into the firm, which became the William M. Butterfield Company.^[4][5] It remained as such until the elder Butterfield's death in 1932.^[1]

Butterfield was Manchester's most prominent architect from the mid 1880s until about 1910. He was highly sought after as a designer of town halls, courthouses, churches, and other public and private buildings.^[2]

Many of his designs have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Architectural Works

• Farmington Town Hall, 356 Main St., Farmington, NH (1881) - Highly altered.^[6]
• Freeman Higgins House, 573 Pine St., Manchester, NH (1882)^[2]
• Charles Morrill House, 1799 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1882)^[2]
• People's M. E. Church, 60 Pennacook St., Manchester, NH (1882)^[7]
• St. Paul's M. E. Church, Union & Amherst Sts., Manchester, NH (1882-83) - Demolished.^[8]
• Central Police Station, Manchester & Central Sts., Manchester, NH (1885) - Demolished.^[9][10]
• Hollis Town Hall, 7 Monument Sq., Hollis, NH (1886)^[11]
• Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church, 65 Sagamore St., Manchester, NH (1886)^[7]
• Beth Eden Baptist Church, 82 Maple St., Waltham, MA (1888-91)^[12]
• Hosea B. Burnham House, 74 Brook St., Manchester, NH (1888)^[13]
• Fire Station No. 5, 44 Webster St., Manchester, NH (1888) - Demolished 1993.^[14]
• Nelson S. Whitman House, 263 Main St., Nashua, NH (1888)^[15]
• Goffstown Town Hall, 216 Main St., Goffstown, NH (1889) - Burned 1937.^[7]
• Immanuel M. E. Church, 545 Moody St., Waltham, MA (1889)^[16][17]
• Pittsfield High School (Town Hall), 85 Main St., Pittsfield, NH (1889-90)^[18]
• Goffstown Congregational Church, 8 Main St., Goffstown, NH (1890)^[7]
• First Baptist Church, 298 Blackstone St., Woonsocket, RI (1891)^[19]
• Odd Fellows Building, 142 Main St., Nashua, NH (1891-92)^[20]
• John Butler Smith House, 62 School St., Hillsborough, NH (1891-92)^[21]
• Roger G. Sullivan House, 168 Walnut St., Manchester, NH (1891-92)^[2]
• Belknap County Courthouse, 64 Court St., Laconia, NH (1892-94)^[20]
• Franklin Town (City) Hall, 316 Central St., Franklin, NH (1892)^[22]
• Kennard Block, 1008 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1892) - Burned 1902.^[16]
• Monadnock Block, 1140-1160 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1892) - Demolished.^[20]
• Nesmith Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (1892) - Highly altered.^[23]
• Pittsfield Academy, 5 Park St., Pittsfield, NH (1892)^[18]
• Smith and Dow Block, 1426-1470 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1892)^[24]
• Varick Building, 815 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1892) - Altered.^[16][25]
• Weston, Hill & Fitts Building, 1061 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1892)^[26]
• Bank Building, 20 W. Park St., Lebanon, NH (1893)^[27]
• Wildwood Hall (George H. Moore House), 506 Moore Hill Rd., Newbury, VT (1893-94)^[28]
• Acquilla Building, 3 Pleasant St., Concord, NH (1895)^[29]
• Calumet Club, 126 Lowell St., Manchester, NH (1895-96) - Altered.^[30]
• Weston Terrace, 70 Lowell St., Manchester, NH (1895)^[24]
• George E. Gould House, 2321 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1896)^[20]
• Manchester High School, 207 Lowell St., Manchester, NH (1896)^[31]
• Stone Memorial Building, N. Stark Hwy., Weare, NH (1896)^[7]
• Adams Free Library, 92 Park St., Adams, MA (1898)^[32]
• John M. Hunt Home, 334 Main St., Nashua, NH (1898)^[16][33]
• Globe Congregational Church, 340 S. Main St., Woonsocket, RI (1899-1900)^[34]
• Nurses' Residence, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH (1899)^[35]
• Josiah Carpenter Library, 41 Main St., Pittsfield, NH (1901)^[18]
• Newport Academy and Graded School, School St., Newport, VT (1902) - Demolished.^[16][36]
• Academie Notre Dame, 372 Beech St., Manchester, NH (1902)^[37]
• Alonzo H. Weston House, 2241 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1902)^[21]
• Beacon Building, 814 Elm St., Manchester, NH (1903)^[20]
• Chutter Block, 43 Main St., Littleton, NH (1903)^[16]
• Littleton Bank Building, 76 Main St., Littleton, NH (1903) - Demolished.^[16]
• New Hampshire Masonic Home, 813 Beech St., Manchester, NH (1903)^[16][38]
• Waterville Savings Bank Building, 165 Main St., Waterville, ME (1903)^[39]
• Pembroke Academy, 30 High St., Suncook, NH (1904)^[40]
• Sphinx Tomb, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (1904-05)^[41]
• Hillsborough County Courthouse (City Hall Annex), Market St., Manchester, NH (1905)^[21]
• Thayer Building, New Hampshire Hospital, Concord, NH (1905)^[42]
• South Grammar School, 38 Gold St., Waterville, ME (1906)^[39]
• Chapel, Pine Grove Cemetery, Grove St., Waterville, ME (1907)^[43]
• Concord Armory, 39 Green St., Concord, NH (1908)^[44]
• Hussey Block, 185 Main St., Waterville, ME (1908)^[39]
• Y. M. C. A. Building, 30 Mechanic St., Manchester, NH (1909)^[45]
• Saidel Apartments, 238 Pearl St., Manchester, NH (1913)^[46]
• Church of the Holy Cross (Holy Trinity Cathedral), 166 Pearl St., Manchester, NH (1915)^[47]
• David W. Anderson House, 523 Beacon St., Manchester, NH (1915)^[48]
• Oscar Foss Memorial Building, 111 S. Barnstead Rd., Barnstead, NH (1916-17)^[49]
• Franklin Street School, 255 Franklin St., Manchester, NH (1920) - Demolished.^[50]
• LaFlamme Apartments, 10 Prospect St., Manchester, NH (1921)^[24]

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