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Fred Washington
Butner Jr.FAIA

(1927–2001)

Butner was a graduate of R. J. Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem. He graduated from NC State University's Architectural Engineering program in 1949. He worked for Salem Architects and Macklin Stinson before establishing his own architecture firm in 1952. Butner was the architect for over 100 school and college projects in Forsyth County and Northwest North Carolina, including multiple buildings at Forsyth Technical Community College, Surry Community College, West Forsyth High School, and many others. He was president of AIA North Carolina in 1971.

Fred Washington Butner Jr.
1955

The H. F. and Ellen C. Forsyth House

434 South Westview Drive, Winston-Salem NC

Built by Hugh Pratt. The Forsyths divorced a few years later and Ellen leased it out until she sold it in 1962 to Juanita B. and Kenneth I. Tredwell. Sold in 1971 to Paul and Carolyn Marshall who still owned it as of 2012.

The H. F. and Ellen C. Forsyth House
1955

The Charles Benbow Jr. Residence

3910 Camerille Farm Road, Winston-Salem NC

Set within a 50+ acre nature conservancy. Sold to Betsy Babcock. Sold in 1986 to John and Linda Garrou. Addition in 1993. Sympathetic family room addition in 2002 by architect Quinn Pillsworth. Sold in 2014 to Elizabeth M. and Jerry L. Haas. Top photo by Ormando Harris.

The Charles Benbow Jr. Residence The Charles Benbow Jr. Residence The Charles Benbow Jr. Residence
1955

The Fred and Martha Butner House

397 Plymouth Avenue, Winston-Salem NC

Sold in 2008 to Robert D. and Bonnie Byerly. Sold in 2012 to the Coletta B. Boan Revocable Trust. Destroyed and replaced, bottom photo.

The Fred and Martha Butner House The Fred and Martha Butner House
1956

The Butner House

2800 Greenwich Road, Winston-Salem NC

Designed by Butner for his father. Sold to Betty S. Yount. Deeded around 2013 to her son.

The Butner House

Sources include: Curtis Leonard; Heather Fearnbach.