BUTLER PRESERVATION L.C.
A unique Charleston, SC based company specializing in historic property research, preservation consulting, and small-scale restoration. We bring a multi-faceted background in preservation, research and documentation, and real-world trade experience to our projects, and we strive to help clients understand, maintain, and appreciate their historic buildings to the fullest.
Butler Preservation specializes in house histories, evolution reports , National Register nominations, Design Review Board and Board of Architectural Review guidance, writing articles, preservation planning, and tax credit consultation.
TRADITIONAL BUILDING MAGAZINE:
25 PRESERVATION LEADERS
Proprietor Christina Butler was featured as "One of the 25 leaders who have made a difference in the world of traditional design and historic preservation" in Fall 2024.
https://www.traditionalbuilding.com/features/the-25-christina-butler
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CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. WALTER EDGAR
Hear Butler talk with Walter Edgar about her most recent book with USC Press, Charleston Horse Power: Equine Culture in the Palmetto City (published in 2023), including the architectural legacy of equine architecture.
walter-edgars-journal-charleston-horse-power-equine-culture-in-the-palmetto-city
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City Paper: DIGS Series- Christina Butler Does Things the Right Way.
We were honored when the City Paper featured our work described us as a "preservation badass. She writes about historic preservation. She teaches it. She renovates. And she lives in a modern home built to feel like something a skilled Charleston tradesman would have lived in 250 years ago."
​https://charlestoncitypaper.com/christina-butler-does-thingsthe-right-way/
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CONVERSATIONS WITH DR. WALTER EDGAR
Butler talks with Walter Edgar about Charleston’s topographic history and the challenges it faces in the 21st century on his popular radio show and podcast. The conversation highlighted the findings in Butler's book, Lowcountry At High Tide: The History of Flooding, Land Reclamation, and Drainage (USC Press, 2023).
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/show/walter-edgars-journal/2022-11-21/lowcountry-at-high-tideÂ
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SAMANTHA BROWN'S PLACES TO LOVE
Christina showed Samantha Brown around Charleston's Hampstead/East Side neighborhood to explore the cultural legacies of ironworker Philip Simmons, and showed her around the impressive American College of the Building Arts campus.
https://www.pbs.org/video/charleston-south-carolina-gg73uj/Â
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