Glass and Butner

Glass and Butner was an architectural partnership of Edward Francis Glass and Charles Edgar Butner based in Fresno, California.^[1] It operated from 1914 to around 1922.^[1] The two developed a proposal for a design competition for the Veterans' Memorial Building.^[1] Several of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Glass (March 8, 1885 - January 31, 1954) was born in San Francisco and grew up in Fresno, where he attended Fresno High School. He worked as a draftsman for two architectural firms in Philadelphia.^[2] He achieved a Certificate of Proficiency in Architecture in 1912, perhaps in Pennsylvania or perhaps in California.^[2]

Butner (July 31, 1888 - June 10, 1957) was born in Pennsylvania.^[3] He served in World War I as a pilot in the United States Army Air Service.^[3]

In 1922 there was some controversy, involving an article published as an interview, and statement of a member of the firm not being certified as an architect. Glass denounced the article in a letter to the Western Architect and Engineer.^[4]

Works by the firm include:

• Fresno Republican Printery Building (1919), 2130 Kern St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles; Glass, Edward), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Physicians Building (1926), 2607 Fresno St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles E.), NRHP-listed^[5]
• Twining Laboratories, 2527 Fresno St., Fresno, CA (Butner, Charles E.), NRHP-listed^[5]

Butner separately worked with Robert Stanton around 1936.^[6]