About Butler

It is believed that the Village of Butler owes its existence to its railroad. It all began in the fall of 1909, when officials of the Milwaukee, Sparta, and North Western Railway which was a division that was part of the Chicago & North Western Railway (now owned by Union Pacific), visited farmers on the eastern side of 124th Street and offered to purchase their farmland to build railroad yards as an adjunct to an outer beltline that ran around the City of Milwaukee to relieve the congestion caused by freight trains in Downtown railroad yards.

One of the largest property acquisitions for the construction of the "New Butler" railroad yards was the $18,000.00 purchase of the George and Jennie Clarke farm. The Clarkes had the option to take their home off the property before the commencement of construction, which was scheduled to begin in the early spring of 1910. The house was transported across the fields on rollers to its present site on the family's ancestral homestead at the present 128th Street and Hampton Avenue located in the middle of Butler. The Clarke property is used as a museum for the public. museum devoted to the development of The Village along with its connections with the Chicago & North Western Railroad.

At the time, the building of the "New Butler" railroad yards was among the most costly and extensive railroad projects in the Midwest. The railroad yards comprised twenty-one tracks and could accommodate 1,525 cars at the time. The north end of the yard was one of the largest roundhouses on the west coast of the railroad. It had fifty-eight stalls. and an oil depot, machine shop, general storehouse, powerhouse, and a coal chute. The coal chute contained more than 600 tonnes of coal. It could supply four engines at the same time. A clubhouse and dormitory were locally referred to as "The Beanery", was located just west of the yards.

In 1911 the settlement of "New Butler" was established in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The tiny town was populated mostly by railroad employees and their families. It was officially incorporated as a village on May 5, 1913. It had 200 people living there. The tiny village was growing steadily when the first developers and real estate speculators bought acres of land to be used for development in the future, based on the business activity that was generated by adjacent railroad yards.

In the summer of 1913 when the Railroad passenger service was launched offering a brand-new mode of transport for the village inhabitants. "Shop Train" or "Shop Train" or "Shop Train" as it was nicknamed, served as an important link to the district of retail shops located in downtown Milwaukee.

The "New" was removed from the village's name in 1926. The Village of Butler continued to flourish as a place to grow business and industry because of its proximity to the railroad yards. To this day we continue to celebrate and promote our village's history as"a "railroad town" by utilizing it in various ways, such as our official logo for the municipality and the operation of the Clarke House Historical Museum. Moreover, in 2013, the fully repaired Chicago and Northwestern caboose was opened to the public as an interactive historical display of the Village's "railroad town" origins.

Today

Today residents of Butler appreciate a small-town feeling yet are close to major interstates and downtown Milwaukee. Numerous community events such as the Christmas Parade, Independence Day Parade as well as softball leagues as well as National Night Out are held every year. Butler is home to major retail and industrial companies like Cargill, Western States Envelope, and Molded Plastic and Rubber, Butler offers both residential and commercial interests. Butler's mixture of commercial and residential properties provides residents with old and new, a good place to start, and a great area to live.

Written by: Mary Radzimowski

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