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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.

![]() Tradd Street historyCover for a comprehensive house history for a colonial era single house |
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![]() Rutledge StreetCover for a house history for a federal era house turned Victorian mansion. |
![]() Historical markerPreservation Society historical marker for a King Street house, house history and text by Butler Preservation |
![]() Smithsonian FolklifeOn stage at Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2025, discussing preservation trade education |
![]() Tradd StreetOne of our most recent house histories. |
![]() Custom built cedar shuttersCedar shutters built from scratch for a house in Charleston's historic district. |
![]() Documentary workFilming for a Magnolia Network documentary chronicling the restoration of an 1830s Charleston residence. |
![]() Nineteenth Century farmsteadA current documentation project: circa 1875 farmstead and outbuildings in Orangeburg County. |
![]() 18th century rice berms and ditchesThese landscape features were identified on an archaeological reconnaissance on a southern Charleston County plantation site. |
Proprietor: Christina Rae Butler, M.A.
Contact us: c.rae.butler [at] gmail.com, 843-469-9623
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