This little six-sided police station stands on the northwest corner of the Taylor County Courthouse grounds, in the middle of Butler. It was likely built soon after the courthouse, in the late 1930s or the early 1940s. Stations like this one were once somewhat common but are rarely seen today, especially on courthouse lawns. In fact, this is the only one I know of in Georgia associated with a courthouse. One can presume that it was the only police station in town, since most law enforcement was handled by sheriffs and deputies in the past. When traveling in the Midwest, I saw a similar station on the grounds of one courthouse that was installed just for use in one trial, of a Chicago organized crime figure. I’m sure that wasn’t the case in Butler, however.