Butler Buick

The building was constructed in 1928 by Charles S. Butler as Butler Buick, certainly the most elegant car dealership in Lansdale’s history.

The main showroom was 50 by 100 feet across, big enough to display 11 new Buicks. A carpet stretched from the well-adorned front door to a large wall-mounted fountain that sent water cascading into fish pond at the bottom. The floor was made of flagstone, the walls were decorated with Lansdale-made Franklin Pottery tiles.

We assume Butler had to sell a lot of Buicks to pay for this. It probably didn’t help that the stock market collapse and the Great Depression quickly followed, but by the mid-1930s, the agency closed, never to serve its original purpose again.

Later it became the home of Hajoca Corp., Hammer’s Moving and Storage, a furniture store, Shabby Attic and now 'Home On Main'.

The old Buick dealer was transformed for one evening into a fabulous dining hall for the Lansdale 150th Anniversary Gala on April 9, 2022

From the red carpet through the sumptuous buffet, from the jazz combo through the trivia competition, Lansdale's Sesquicentennial Gala kicked off a season of celebration in style.

Here's a bonus photo. This is West Main Street looking toward what most of us remember as the Turbo Machine complex, now Turbo Lofts. It was Dexdale Hosiery Mills at the time. We can pinpoint the date of this photo to be pre-1928 when this empty lot gave way to the Spanish-deco Butler Buick showroom.