Edward Burgess Butler (1853-1928)

Edward Burgess Butler (December 16, 1853 - February 20, 1928), was an American businessman, the founder of Butler Brothers department stores. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Butler Brothers store Butler Brothers was a chain of Five and dime retail outlets in the United States started by Edward Burgess Butler. ...

Biography

He was born in 1853 in Lewiston, Maine to Manly Orville Butler and Elizabeth Howe. He had a sibling: George H. Butler. Manly owned a grocery store. In 1858 his family moved to Boston, Massachusetts and he attended the Boston public school system. For five years he sold goods throughout New England and Canada as a traveling salesman. He married Jane Holly in 1880, she was the daughter of William Henry Holly, of Norwalk, Connecticut. With his brother, George H. Butler, he founded Butler Brothers in Boston in 1877. Main Street, also U.S. Route 202 in downtown Lewiston Coordinates: Counties Androscoggin County Area    - City 35. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... The states marked in red show New England. ... Motto: The Right Place, The Right Time Location in Fairfield County, Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1651 Consolidated 1913 Government type Mayor-council Mayor Dick Moccia Area    - City 36. ... Butler Brothers store Butler Brothers was a chain of Five and dime retail outlets in the United States started by Edward Burgess Butler. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...

With his wealth he collected works by the 19th Century American painter George Inness, and later donated the collection to the Art Institute of Chicago. Having trained under Frank Charles Peyraud, Butler became a landscape painter. For a time he exhibited his works under a pseudonym, "Edward Burgess". In 1908 he exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. George Inness, before 1867 Train in Lackawanna valley, 1855 Lake of Albano, Italy, 1869 George Inness was a United States painter, born in Newburgh, New York on May 1, 1825, and who died at Bridge of Allan, Scotland, on August 3, 1894. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ...

Like so many of the well-do-to of his time, Butler moved to Pasadena, California, after he retired from business. His contemporaries admired his work, and one of his oil paintings was accepted into the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Categories: Stub | Worlds Fairs | California history | San Francisco history ...

He belonged to the Chicago Art Club, and served as the first president of the Pasadena Society of Artists. The Pasadena Society of Artists, founded in 1925, is one of the longest-running, nonprofit arts organizations in the state of California, USA. // Overview Pasadena Society of Artists, from its founding, attracted practitioners of a variety of artistic styles, including impressionists, modernists, abstract artists and traditionalists. ...

He died in Pasadena, California in 1928. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

Titles

• Director of Illinois Merchants Trust Company
• Chairman of Ways and Means committee
• Chairman of the World's Columbian Exposition
• President of the Glenwood, Illinois Manual Training School
• Trustee of Hull House
• Trustee of Chicago Orphan Asylum
• Trustee of Girls' Refuge
• Trustee of First State Pawners' Society
• Trustee of Art Institute of Chicago

One-third scale replica of Daniel Chester Frenchs Republic, which stood in the great basin at the exposition, Chicago, 2004 The Worlds Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds Fair, was held in the U.S. city of Chicago in 1893, to celebrate... Glenwood is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. ... Hull House community workshop poster, 1938 Hull House, co-founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr who were soon joined by other volunteers called residents, was one of the first settlement houses in the U.S. and eventually grew into one of the largest... The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the premier fine art institutions in the United States. ...

References

• Chicago and Its Resources Twenty Years After, 1871-1891; Chicago Times Company (1892) page 170
• Who's Who in Chicago (1926)

External links

• Bio at RH Love Galleries
• University of Iowa: Butler Brothers

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