Dunbar Center an old beacon of Butler community
Although the Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center in Lyndora closed more than a decade ago, the site on the corner of Hansen Avenue and Fairground Hill Roads served as home to Dunbar members for more than 50 years.
On April 21, 2006, members, employees, volunteers and friends of the Paul Laurence Dunbar Community Center gathered to celebrate 70 years of service to the community.
On the main floor, computers and full bookshelves lined the walls stopping at a small storage area and a cramped corner office. Though humble in its decor, the center also has the portraits of heroes through history, such as John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Paul Laurence Dunbar, the Ohio-born poet for whom the center was named.
The same space where quilters met to compare stitches would regularly be cleared of tables for spring and fall tai chi lessons, where a group of mostly seniors concentrated their energies on unified, graceful movements.
