Butler School (Portland, Maine)

The Butler School is a historic schoolhouse turned apartment building in Portland, Maine, United States.

[1] Built from 1878 to 1879 at the cost of $8,000, the building served as an elementary school for West End students until 1973.

It was designed by local architect Francis H. Fassett in the High Victorian Gothic style; Fassett lived in the neighborhood and also designed many other nearby buildings on the Western Promenade.

Avesta also did major upgrades to the building's heating and cooling systems.

In 2019, the non-profit organization Maine Preservation described the building as "exhibiting the leading architectural trends of the era.