Joseph Butler and McKinley Memorial
Joseph G. Butler Jr. at the age of 11 from a
The little white school house is the only school shown on the map of 1844 and was located on the northeast corner behind the old Presbyterian Church where the McKinley Memorial now stands.
Joseph G. Butler, Mahoning Valley industrial & civic leader concieved the idea of building a Memorial to McKinley in the town of his birth.
A Group of Niles Boyhood Friends and dated 1861.
A photo of the original subscription to the McKinley Memorial for the establishment of a library in the building by Henry Clay Frick a prominent industrialist of the times.
the bronze bust of Henry Clay Frick as seen in the library section of the McKinley Memorial today.
The Grand Army of the Republic Room was originally on the second floor of the library wing, as it is pictured here.
The "Relic Room" on the second floor of the south or library wing as it appeared before the expansion.
The McKinley Memorial "Court of Honor" and the J. Massey Rhind statue of William McKinley.
Bronze busts in Court of Honor
Closeup view of William McKinley statue in Court of Honor
long view of William McKinley statue and garden area
bronze bust of Joseph Green Butler on display at the McKinley Memorial.
October 23, 1920 newspaper featuring Butler Day events
Col. L.L. Holloway-leading the 1925 Memorial Day Parade.
View of completed McKinley Memorial
Cornelius Newton Bliss
William Rufus Day
Marcus Hanna
Warren G. Harding
John Hay
Philander Chase Cox
Theodore Roosevelt
Elihu Root
William Howard Taft
