Historic Hood River
Butler Bank Building
12-5-2022
Notes
Notes on the reverse indicate this image was published in a local newspaper with the caption, “New home of the Butler Banking Company at Hood River, which will be dedicated next Thursday evening.” This building was constructed 1923-24.
nels
Who was the person(s) who had the money and vision to build this unique
building (for HR)?
Steffen
nels: The Butlers had been banking in Hood River near three decades before this building was commissioned. The architect was AE Doyle. Doyle was born in Santa Cruz California and attended Reed College, which he later designed their new campus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._E._Doyle
ArthurB
Steffen, do we know for sure that was a flagpole? I wonder if it could be a radio antenna. Or maybe both?
Steffen
Arthur; One can see the base of the flag pole in the attic. It was cut off just below roof level. My guess is that it was a nightmare to flash and keep water tight with out Gorge winds blowing it around. Now with our modern vinyl roofing I do not see a problem…
Steffen
According to the caption and notes on the reverse, this is Leslie Butler driving the last spike in the Hood River- White Salmon Interstate Bridge on December 6, 1924. Mr. Butler was the senior member of the Butler Bank Company. It must have been a special year for him, as he also got to open the Butler Bank Building on Oak Street that same year. Bad times were just a few years ahead, as the bank succumbed to the Great Depression in 1932.
https://www.hoodriverhistorymuseum.org?showimage=434
Steffen
https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-img-att/AFCqZUSiw-4fxU4DjLqhNHTFh_oCqyRVhwPlybCpLvPJSLtm4kuCRDV2FybHPRIB6Y_Az5HyaTGYqHpOnC02zhutFuF0ljnpgpPj3FD91Puhi2_cJmKGcYZRlpi9cBRB-t1hH9VLPRT9tX5QEvf-AKHwXpjqFD42KMARyJHkcxZdySxUtHIzL5XjR42VpzZmznykmzedHV2-fST5nxDdwg4-nqnAQYCDpSRm6H-OcYb0-QLlhsjokOpM1t3kWQz-8AX882TE8BfvfdP1qylWL0mgfX89fV4dK2SlZ568fz7dM7qlKlPh7lt6v7TJs5onElM4WodplwrDQIbNnRQw5KkilP9TzzBzDflAvzgm-paFugYakKr59PouZtCB3U0ApZq2S95C3Z0vbaaMI6Fx-EE56a8pFCi_tTS99Rq_tpArgQ2RC6SFjsuFJT3VCBYURPdpFGa1d_lMlQO180BC2a2NUlltIVUw3QuDA9ho6S0dxq8w7dEMgDGaT4G6Fqu2CyrzpUd_8WoxRW3JV1gwqECe6SXTvjZcLzeXCHt5DvIqbNmo4P2qzt2njbiC8uOmheGOJ7A8j_q6CovXtJyj9QHdQFwiesMeeum-zpwS_lII3sGcDvIuMiJYKQcR_N872_yszM4Ngu_XMiZUXqmDTHwHs06HYpXwQtChCBuZoyc8iEyv8QPXXLUFhQmVUzEQSgmN2glj7Q3HoGRdUhFRe4AnW_yMOpU7WuG6I8FFSuzJws-Yvz0GSgYj6YHmiTMIzvyvGhRySDWTYisW_0EASEhZrsNudqX9b7hZleF3EEEAnOBuFKcTJ4zVcR2QSECTQ9YtBXg2EkJqwTDSPScDHZQyt_oOU3n1AOlzhUXh-Kk4gKfP7XWiZTfxT9q7az-SjSWlgXM1V6TrcoW_L492VhD0YU3sbfrEuoEDVdFzgWtGGj8JTr1JFQ6As9oFEbrGbgtM=s0-l75-ft
Steffen
Try this facebook link for more Butler Bank images and have a look at the flag pole. https://www.facebook.com/ButlerBank
Steffen
Love the drinking fountain with a box to stand on for the Little’s. I have often thought that the flag pole should be brought back.
JH
Is there a general discussion board for this website anywhere? I am looking for information on a specific site within the gorge but cannot find a forum
ArthurB
Not yet, JH. We’re working on a site update right now which will hopefully make it easier for people to see and respond to comments on old or new images. Right now I suggest you just post with the most recent image and hopefully someone checking in will be able to help.
JH
Thank you ArthurB
Jill Stanford
Truman Butler was a great friend of my grandfather AW Peters.
Jeffrey Bryant
Hood River Glacier, 1925-04-16, page 9 – “The Butler Banking Co. is replacing the drinking fountain in front of their building with one that will match the sandstone finish of the banking structure.”
https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071110/1925-04-16/ed-1/seq-9/