Butler

The Senator Walter Lowrie Shaw House is a historic home located in downtown Butler, Pennsylvania, United States. It is known in the area for being... the home of Butler's only United States Senator, Walter Lowrie. The structure was built in 1828, and is the last of its kind in the city of Butler. The house is situated behind the Butler County Courthouse, houses the Butler County Historical Society's office, and is maintained as a museum by the BCHS.
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The Butler County Courthouse is a government building of Butler County located in the county seat, Butler, Pennsylvania. The current structure is the... third courthouse to have been built for the county. James P. Bailey, who was responsible for the construction of Old Main at Geneva College became the architect of the new courthouse after the second one was destroyed by a fire in 1883. Bailey's courthouse still stands today, and is currently the tallest structure in downtown Butler. The Butler County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
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John William Minton was an American professional wrestler and actor who was born and raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, better known by his ring name,... Big John Studd. Big John Studd stood 6'6" and weighed around 295 - 300 pounds. He was trained by wrestling legend Killer Kowalski. Together, Studd and Kowalski won the WWF Tag Team Championship in 1976 as the Masked Executioners. After leaving the WWF, Studd became known as Chuck O'Connor, Captain USA, and The Masked Superstar II at certain points in the Mid-Atlantic territory. In 1978, Studd teamed with Ken Patera to win the Mid-Atlantic Tag Team titles. Studd was actually in the WWWF before his stint as Executioner #2 in 1976. He was then known as Chuck O'Connor and he feuded with El Olympico. Studd also made occasional trips to Canada to wrestle in Emile Duprée's Atlantic Grand Prix Wrestling. On May 25, 1980, Masked Superstar II was unmasked after a match with Blackjack Mulligan in Toronto. After this, Studd was brought into Florida by J.J. Dillon and feuded with Dusty Rhodes, Barry Windham , and Sweet Brown Sugar.
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Bret Michaels is an American musician, actor, director, screenwriter, producer and reality television personality. He first gained fame as the lead... vocalist of the glam metal band Poison. Besides his career as lead singer, he has several solo albums to his credit, as well as one chart single. He appeared in the VH1 reality show Rock of Love with Bret Michaels and its sequels, and as a judge on the talent show Nashville Star. He was the winning contestant on NBC's reality show Celebrity Apprentice 3. Michaels was born Bret Michael Sychak, to Wally and Marjorie Sychak, north of Pittsburgh in the city of Butler, Pennsylvania. He has two sisters, Michelle and Nicole. He claims that his parents had originally intended for him to have the middle name "Maverick", after the title character in the popular James Garner TV Western series Maverick. He is of Carpatho-Rusyn descent. At the age of six he fell ill, and during a three-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Michaels began playing the guitar as a teenager.
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Michele Pawk is an American actress and singer. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania, Pawk attended Allegheny College and the College Conservatory of Music... in Cincinnati, after which she spent a year working in a musical revue at Disney World. In 1988, she made her Broadway debut in a short-lived musical entitled Mail, but it wasn't until 1992 that she made her mark with her performance in the Ira and George Gershwin-inspired production Crazy for You, for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. From there she went on to three successful revivals—Merrily We Roll Along , Chicago , and Cabaret - and an original musical, Seussical , based on the works of Dr. Seuss. In 2002, Pawk earned critical raves for her performance in Hollywood Arms, the Carrie Hamilton – Carol Burnett play adapted from Burnett's memoir, One More Time. Her portrayal of an alcoholic who dreams of success as a movie magazine writer, a character based on Burnett's mother, won her the Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Play.
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Jack George was an actor.