The Willard George William (Dick) Butt house was built in the early 1890's. It was built by Willard Butt. It is a two story Victorian eclectic central block house with a projecting three-sided bay. The main roof is a mansard style. Two red brick chimneys project through the roof and both are located on the eastern side of the house. The original exterior walls are finished with horizontal bevel wood siding, and the gables with a fish scale design. The lower story windows are uniformly placed around the walls, and are basic rectanglar double-hung windows. The upper story has projecting shed dormers, spaced at varying intervals across the walls.
A major addition to the house was the restoration of the exterior
porch. The porch was a later addition to the home, but the date it
was originally built is unknown. The porch was taken down and rebuilt in 1990,
in a Victorian style that is consistent with the original architecture
of the house. The porch consists of sawn wood elements in a scrolled
pattern comprising the verticals of the rails, and turned spindles along
the eaves, supported by S-shaped consoles. When the house was purchased
by the current owners, it was discovered that the upper story had never
been completed by the original builders. The upstairs rooms were lathed,
but they were never plastered.
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