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Title: Robert Butler House, 3502 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, Leon County, FL Creator(s): Historic American Buildings Survey, creator Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1933 Medium: Photo(s): 5 Data Page(s): 4 Reproduction Number: --- Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. (http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html) Call Number: HABS FLA,37-TALA,2- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Notes: Significance: This structure was built c. 1826 by Robert Butler, Jackson's Quarter Master General, Florida's first Surveyor General, and Florida's first Grand Master of Masons. It is presently the home of Millard F. Caldwell, Governor of Florida, 1945-1949, and Justice, Supreme Court of Florida. Survey number: HABS FL-157 Building/structure dates: ca. 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 18t2 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 18t2 Subsequent Work 1. April 1962 NORTH (FRONT) ELEVATION - Robert Butler House, 3502 Old Bainbridge Road, Tallahassee, Leon County, FL Digital ID: (None) hhh fl0130.photos.052823p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0130/photos.052823p Reproduction Number: HABS FLA,37-TALA,2--1 Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. 2. This structure was built c. 1826 by Robert Butler, Jackson's Quarter Master General, Florida's first Surveyor General, and Florida's first Grand Master of Masons. It is presently the home of Millard F. Caldwell, Governor of Florida, 1945-1949, and Justice, Supreme Court of Florida. 3. According to a report prepared by F. Blair Reeves, College of Architecture and Fine Arts, University of Florida, in Gainesville, Florida (February 1962). Robert Butler built and was the first original owner of this house in c.1826. House is described in detail in report. Biographical/historical note: F. Blair Reeves served on the faculty of the College of Architecture at the University of Florida from 1949 to 1987. Reeves was active in the area of architectural preservation. He participated in the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and also served on the executive committee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. At the University of Florida, Reeves organized the Preservation Institute and the Research and Education Center for Architectural Preservation. He was also a leader in the campaign to preserve the University's historical campus. File historyLegend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete
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LinksThe following pages link to this file: License: This image is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in the United States from 1923 through 1977 without a copyright notice.
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