William M. Butterfield

William M. Butterfield (1860 – 1932) was an American architect from New Hampshire.

Butterfield was born in Sidney, Maine in 1860. His father, Chesmon Butterfield, was a carpenter and builder. The family moved to Waterville in 1871, when young Butterfield was 11 years old. At that time, his father established himself as an architect as well as a builder. He trained with his father, and at the age of 16 took a job with Foster & Dutton, a Waterville contracting firm with a statewide reputation. He moved quickly through the ranks, and by the age of 17 was supervising the construction of major structures, most notably the great 1879 expansion of the Hotel Wentworth in New Castle. In 1880 he established himself as a contractor in Concord, Massachusetts, but moved in 1881 to Manchester, New Hampshire to open an architect's office.

Upon his arrival he formed a partnership with Albert E. Bodwell, who would later become Edward Dow's head designer. The partnership had been dissolved by September. Around 1883 he made John F. Stanton a partner, but nothing else of the partnership is known, and it appears to have dissolved soon afterward. Other than that, Butterfield remained in pravate practice for the duration of the 19th century. Sometime between 1905 and 1907 he took his son, Clinton C. Butterfield, and Parker K. Weston into the firm, which became the William M. Butterfield Company. From the 1920s until Butterfield's death in 1932, his chief associate was Norris W. Corey. Norris Corey would be Butterfield's successor, and practiced until his retirement in the 1970s.

Butterfield was Manchester's most prominent architect from the mid 1880s until about 1910. He was highly sought after as a designer of town halls, courthouses, churches, and other public and private buildings.

Many of his designs have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

William M. Butterfield, 1881-c.1906

Year	Building	Address	City	State	Notes	Image	Reference
1881	Farmington Town Hall	356 Main St	Farmington	New Hampshire	Highly altered.
1882	Freeman Higgins House	537 Pine St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1882	Charles Morrill House	1799 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1882	Peoples' M. E. Church	60 Pennacook St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1882	St. Paul's M. E. Church	Union & Amherst Sts	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1885	Central Police Station	Manchester & Central Sts	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1886	Hollis Town Hall	7 Monument Sq	Hollis	New Hampshire
1886	Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church	65 Sagamore St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1888	Beth Eden Baptist Church	82 Maple St	Waltham	Massachusetts
1888	Hosea B. Burnham House	74 Brook St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1888	Fire Station No. 5	44 Webster St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished in 1993.
1888	Nelson S. Whitman House	263 Main St	Nashua	New Hampshire
1889	Goffstown Town Hall	216 Main St	Goffstown	New Hampshire	Burned in 1937.
1889	Immanuel M. E. Church	545 Moody St	Waltham	Massachusetts
1889	Pittsfield High School	85 Main St	Pittsfield	New Hampshire	Now the Town Hall.
1890	Goffstown Congregational Church	8 Main St	Goffstown	New Hampshire
1891	First Baptist Church	298 Blackstone St	Woonsocket	Rhode Island
1891	Odd Fellows Building	142 Main St	Nashua	New Hampshire
1891	John Butler Smith House	62 School St	Hillsborough	New Hampshire
1891	Roger G. Sullivan House	168 Walnut St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1892	Belknap County Courthouse	64 Court St	Laconia	New Hampshire
1892	Kennard Block	1008 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Burned in 1902.
1892	Monadnock Block	1140-1160 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1892	Nesmith Hall	University of New Hampshire	Durham	New Hampshire	Highly altered.
1892	Pittsfield Academy	5 Park St	Pittsfield	New Hampshire
1892	Smith and Dow Block	1426-1470 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1892	Soldiers' Memorial Hall	316 Central St	Franklin	New Hampshire
1892	Varick Building	815 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Rebuilt after a 1914 fire.
1892	Weston, Hill & Fitts Building	1061 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1893	Bank Building	20 W Park St	Lebanon	New Hampshire
1893	George H. Moore House (Wildwood Hall)	506 Moore Hill Rd	Newbury	Vermont
1893	Pumping Station	Oak Hill Reservoir	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1894	Pearl Street School	Pearl St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1895	Acquilla Building	3 Pleasant St	Concord	New Hampshire
1895	Calumet Club	126 Lowell St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Altered.
1895	Weston Terrace	70 Lowell St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1896	Central High School	207 Lowell St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1896	George E. Gould House	2321 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1896	Stone Memorial Building	N Stark Hwy	Weare	New Hampshire
1897	Adams Free Library	92 Park St	Adams	Massachusetts
1897	John M. Hunt Home	334 Main St	Nashua	New Hampshire
1899	Globe Congregational Church	340 S Main St	Woonsocket	Rhode Island
1899	Nurses' Residence	New Hampshire Hospital	Concord	New Hampshire
1901	Josiah Carpenter Library	41 Main St	Pittsfield	New Hampshire
1902	Academie Notre Dame	372 Beech St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1902	Newport Academy and Graded School	School St	Newport	Vermont	Demolished.
1902	Alonzo H. Weston House	2241 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1903	Beacon Building	814 Elm St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1903	Chutter Block	43 Main St	Littleton	New Hampshire
1903	Littleton Bank Building	76 Main St	Littleton	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1903	New Hampshire Masonic Home	813 Beech St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1903	Waterville Savings Bank Building	165 Main St	Waterville	Maine
1904	Pembroke Academy	30 High St	Suncook	New Hampshire
1904	Sphinx Tomb	Dartmouth College	Hanover	New Hampshire
1905	Hillsborough County Courthouse	Market St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Presently the City Hall Annex.
1905	Thayer Building	New Hampshire Hospital	Concord	New Hampshire
1906	South Grammar School	38 Gold St	Waterville	Maine

William M. Butterfield Company, c.1907-1932

Year	Building	Address	City	State	Notes	Image	Reference
1907	Chapel	Pine Grove Cemetery	Waterville	Maine
1908	Concord Armory	39 Green St	Concord	New Hampshire
1908	Hussey Block	185 Main St	Waterville	Maine
1909	Y. M. C. A. Building	30 Mechanic St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1910	First M. E. Church	961 Valley St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1910	Madison High School	189 Main St	Madison	Maine	Replaced in 1921-22.
1913	Saidel Apartments	238 Pearl St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1915	David W. Anderson House	523 Beacon St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1915	Holy Trinity Cathedral	166 Pearl St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1916	Oscar Foss Memorial Building	111 S Barnstead Rd	Barnstead	New Hampshire
1920	Franklin Street School	255 Franklin St	Manchester	New Hampshire	Demolished.
1921	LaFlamme Apartments	10 Prospect St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1924	Aaron Cutler Memorial Library	269 Charles Bancroft Hwy	Litchfield	New Hampshire

Norris W. Corey, 1933-1970s

Year	Building	Address	City	State	Notes	Image	Reference
1937	Boys' Dormitory	New Hampshire Industrial School	Manchester	New Hampshire
1939	Manchester Waterworks Administration Building	281 Lincoln St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1941	Rex Theatre	23 Amherst St	Manchester	New Hampshire
1947	Goffstown Town Hall	16 Main St	Goffstown	New Hampshire
1949	Gordon McCown Building	36 Lowell St	Manchester	New Hampshire