Butler House (St. Louis, Missouri)

The Butler House is a turreted, brick house built in 1892 for prominent St. Louis tobacco manufacturer James Gay Butler.[2] It was designed in the Queen Anne style by Albert Knell, a Canadian architect.

Butler House
Butler House in St. Louis's
Central West End
Location4484 W. Pine Boulevard
St. Louis
Missouri, U.S.
Coordinates38.640616°N 90.257735°W / 38.640616; -90.257735
Built1892
ArchitectAlbert Knell
NRHP reference No.82004733[1]

James Gay Buter

James Gay Butler (January 23, 1840–August 22, 1916) was an American tobacco executive. He was a major supporter of Lindenwood University.[3] Butler is buried at Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.[4][5]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-19. Retrieved 2014-09-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Butler Library - Lindenwood University - The Butlers". lindenwood.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-01. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  4. "James Gay Butler (1840 - 1916) - Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com.
  5. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/08/23/104687747.pdf


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