Merchant/Art Patron
Centurion, 1872–1890
Born 13 July 1829 in Norwalk, Ohio
Died 8 December 1890 in New York (Manhattan), New York
Buried Green-Wood Cemetery
, Brooklyn, New York
Proposed by Richard Butler, John Frederick Kensett, and Sanford R. Gifford
Elected 5 October 1872 at age forty-three
Proposer of:
Century Memorial
Cyrus Butler was a successful merchant who acquired wealth early and was free in dispensing it. Having great faith in American art and artists there was no more cordial, earnest and liberal supporter of the artists in this country than he. He was fond of club life, and was a welcome frequenter of the Century.
Henry E. Howland
1891 Century Association Yearbook
