James D. and Alice Butler House
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James D. and Alice Butler House | |
Florida Historic Site
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| Location | Deerfield Beach, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 26°19′04.97″N 80°05′52.74″W / 26.3180472°N 80.0979833°W |
| NRHP reference No. | 95000916 |
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| Added to NRHP | 28 July 1995[1] |
| Designated FHS | 1974 |
The James D. and Alice Butler House, commonly known as the Butler House, is a historic house museum in Deerfield Beach, Florida. It is located at 380 East Hillsboro Boulevard. On July 28, 1995, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Built in the Mediterranean Revival style it was the home of early Deerfield Beach settlers and civic leaders, James D. and Alice Wood Butler. Alice Butler obtained the plans for the house from a popular ladies' magazine, the Ladies Home Journal of September 1923. Situated on almost four city lots the home was built by Gulfstream Lumber Company of Delray at a cost of $10,000.[3] It was built on the site of home the Butlers had purchased in 1912 for $300.[4] The building is constructed of hollow tile, the interior walls are plaster on lath and the roof is made from Spanish terracotta tiles.
In 1974 the home was designated a Florida Historic Site.[5] In 1977 the Butler family deeded the home and grounds to the Deerfield Beach Historical Society which operates it as a historic house museum.[6]
