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Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler

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Built
  
1836

Opened
  
1836

Added to NRHP
  
24 November 1997

NRHP Reference #
  
97001459

Area
  
1 ha

Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler

Location
  
Butler Center Rd., jct. with Washburn Rd., Butler Center, New York

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

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.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Butler Church Museum

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.

References

Methodist Episcopal Church of Butler Wikipedia