Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler
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Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler | |
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| Location | Butler Center Rd., jct. with Washburn Rd., Butler Center, New York |
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| Area | 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) |
| Built | 1836 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 97001459[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1997 |
Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler is a historic former Methodist Episcopal church located at Butler Center in Wayne County, New York. It is a rectangular, gable roofed frame building designed in a vernacular Greek Revival style and built about 1836. It rests on a cobblestone foundation and is surmounted by an open belfry. Also on the property is a cemetery (non-contributing), established in 1864.[2]
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]
Butler Church Museum
[edit | edit source]The building is now operated as the Butler Church Museum by the Butler Historical Society. It is open on the first Saturday of the month from May through October.
The Society also operates the Roe Cobblestone Schoolhouse as a museum.
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Categories:
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Churches completed in 1836
- 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Wayne County, New York
- Museums in Wayne County, New York
- History museums in New York (state)
- National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, New York
- Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States
- Finger Lakes, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York (state) Methodist church stubs