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Tygard - Jackson Home
Built 1872
117 West Pine Street, Butler, Missouri
 Originally a very small house built by Thomas R. Simpson, this house was purchased by Flavis Tygard in 1871. He remodeled and enlarged it making it a grand home fitting his role as banker and community leader.
Tygard was responsible for bringing electric lights to Butler. He was convicted of bank fraud and sentenced to prison in 1906.
The home was then purchased by Judge W.O. Jackson in 1909. He lived there with his wife, Iva and sister, Bess. Jackson was the model for the World War I doughboy statue on the courthouse yard. After his death, Iva taught private kindergarten upstairs and Bess taught dance downstairs.
After Bess’s death, Iva’s sister, Nadine Leonard moved in as she had retired from teaching in Arizona. It remained a showplace with outstanding gardens, attracting tourists from all over. It was frequently highlighted in the Kansas City Star. The sisters sold the home in the 1980s and downsized to a small two bedroom home ½ block north. They died in the 1990s.
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