Glass and Butner
Glass and Butner was an architectural partnership of Edward Francis Glass and Charles Edgar Butner based in Fresno, California.[1] It operated from 1914 to around 1922.[1] The two developed a proposal for a design competition for the Veterans' Memorial Building.[1] Several of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Glass (March 8, 1885 - January 31, 1954) was born in San Francisco and grew up in Fresno, where he attended Fresno High School. He worked as a draftsman for two architectural firms in Philadelphia.[2] He achieved a Certificate of Proficiency in Architecture in 1912, perhaps in Pennsylvania or perhaps in California.[2]
Butner (July 31, 1888 - June 10, 1957) was born in Pennsylvania.[3] He served in World War I as a pilot in the United States Army Air Service.[3]
In 1922 there was some controversy, involving an article published as an interview, and statement of a member of the firm not being certified as an architect. Glass denounced the article in a letter to the Western Architect and Engineer.[4]
Works by the firm include:
- Fresno Republican Printery Building (1919), 2130 Kern St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles; Glass, Edward), NRHP-listed[5]
- Physicians Building (1926), 2607 Fresno St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles E.), NRHP-listed[5]
- Twining Laboratories, 2527 Fresno St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles E.), NRHP-listed[5]
Butner separately worked with Robert Stanton around 1936.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Glass and Butner".
- ^ a b "Edward Francis Glass".
- ^ a b "Charles Edgar Butner".
- ^ Editor. Western Architect and Engineer. 1922.
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- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Butner and Stanton, Architects (Partnership)".
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