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INFORMATION ON MADISON HOMES BY STREET NUMBER

The following are descriptions and historical information on buildings and homes in Madison, Indiana. 

ADDRESSES AND INFORMATION

Information on homes and businesses in Madison by street address is taken from various sources. Transcribed by Janice Barnes. Updated by Camille Fife 1-5-2019.

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Broadway Fountain Madison Courier, 12 Apr 1867-Broadway market not used, would make a park in center of street with trees. Madison Courier, 22 Sept 1986-Dedication 28 Sept 1886 and the original idea was for it to be a drinking fountain. Madison Courier, 27 Mar 1976-Back ground of fountain researched. Manufactured by the Janes, Kirtland Iron Company of Morrisiana (now the Bronx) and is good example of mid-19th Century ornamental cast iron. Called simply No. 5 in the Janes, Kirtland catalog. There were duplicates erected in Savannah, GA Poughkeepsie, NY and Cuzsco, Peru. One was built in Zanesville, OH but no longer exists. Designed by French sculptor, J. P. Victor Andre. The fountain in Madison originally a part of the PA Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The fountain has been refurbished several times.-See library files, Madison Broadway Fountain. Madison Courier, 25 Sept 1886-Preparations for dedication. 18 Sept 1886-Drawing of Fountain, long article, Gives a history of idea of the fountain and how it came to fruition. Madison Herald, 27 Sept 1886-Program and order of march for parade. 18 Sept 1886 Long article begins on first page and continues on page 3. RoundAbout, Apr 1999, “Originally made of ornamental cast iron, the fountain had deteriorated from years of exposure to the elements and was near collapse. To save the fountain, a group of community leaders, spearheaded by the late Madison realtor Harry Lemen, formed a committee and raised enough funds for its repair. Unfortunately, the result was temporary, and by the mid-1970s, the fountain was again in disrepair. David Wells of the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper reported on Aug. 8, 1980, that “Nearly 100 years of rain, snow and smog took its toll on the cast iron, and by 1977, it had become a rust-encrusted relic with broken plumbing that allowed only a trickle of water to flow from the maiden’s vase.” Once again a committee was formed, and this time, a contractor was chosen to completely re-cast the fountain. Madison Mayor Warren Rucker signed a contract with Eleftherios Karkadoulias of Cincinnati on Oct. 11, 1976. Karkadoulias, a Greek sculptor, submitted the lowest bid for the fountain’s restoration: $79,000.” www.oldmadison.com/homes/fountain.html has good history of the fountain including the squabbles and near dissolution of the project. This was also the site of the old market house started in 1848.
120 Broadway Brown Memorial Gymnasium. See library files under Madison Schools. Art Deco 1940 Description and builders (NRHP) The building was closed in 1960 when the High school moved to North Madison. Now used for civic purposes. Mentioned in Dean Miller Walking Tour, http://www.mjcpl.org/historyrescue/records/madison-in-the-late-1890s Managed by the Madison Parks Department. Madison Courier, 30 Nov 1974-a smaller gym was on the site and was incorporated into the new Brown Mem. Gym. The original gym was built in the 1920s.
124 Broadway See Historical files-April 1973 Rivertown News gives full description of home. Lemen Collection has picture and description under “McKee” Home. Built in 1846 by Shrewsbury for his daughter as wedding present. In 1928 the Madison High School was built on the site in Classic Revival style. Full description in NRHP. See also, JCPL vertical files under Madison Schools and www.mjcpl.org, Lemen Collection Historic Photos. Full description of interior of home in Rivertown News (See library files, Madison Homes).
202 Broadway Presbyterian Church-Built 1846 Classic style-see library files under Madison Churches. NRHP gives description of the building. "The church was organized in 1815. The Second Presbyterian split from it in 1833. William Hendricks quit claimed Lot 9 in Madison to the trustees of the First Presbyterian Church on Sept. 13, 1839. (DB R p. 243). On Nov. 28, 1848, John and Drusilla Cravens, sold Lot 10 for $1,000 to the trustees. (DB 4 p.626.) This land was in the First Addition West on the corner of Broadway and High Street, east of Broadway and North of High. The current building was constructed in 1846-47 or 1848, according to the Historic Sites Inventory, which says the building was the congregation’s third." – Bob Scott See also HABS-IND-39-MAD-95, gives full description of church.
301 Broadway Built ca. 1854. Sometimes called Taflinger Home. In 1909 was home of Dr. Gertrude Morse, daughter of Professor F. L. Morse, early woman doctor.
302 Broadway ca. 1900 Colonial Revival (NRHP)
304 Broadway ca. 1860, duplex, Federal Style (NRHP)
306 Broadway ca. 1860, duplex, Federal Style (NRHP)
307 Broadway In the 1887 Madison City Directory James T. McCoy operated a livery stable in the building. In 1912 John Feurstien maintained a livery there. By 1925 M. C. Litson owned and operated a livery and in 1927 the sign above the door was Wallace McNeel. Evidently the building was used for various purposes after 1927 and at times stood empty. In 1954 Bennett Motors was in the building, according to the city directory, and Bennett remained until about 1968. From about 1977 to 1993 Ivy Tech maintained a technical training center in the building. At some point the facade of the building was changed, doing away with the big, arched double doors. In 1995 the building stood vacant, but by 1998 it had become part of the Broadway Tavern property. See library files under Madison Businesses, Sanborn maps, Lemen Photo Collection, 1887 Bird’s Eye View Of Madison map. Today the building is associated with the Broadway Hotel and is used for Social functions, catered affairs and business meetings.
308 Broadway Present building built between 1904 and 1911 (Sanborn Maps) Prior building was a carriage house attached to a livery stable (at one time the Broadway Livery) It ran all the way to the alley.
310 Broadway
312 Broadway Livery stable running all the way to the alley. See Sanborn Maps.
313 Broadway Broadway Hotel, See Sanborn maps, library files under Madison Businesses http://www.mjcpl.org/photos/items/show/104 : The sign over the door says "Established 1834". The owner has a copy of the original deed dated 1833 signed by James Lanier. In the 1859 city directory there is an advertisement and it states the owner to be Jacob Smith. The menu of that day included oysters, fresh fish and game. Jacob Smith's services included the care of the horses and wagons of his guests. The address, however, is given as 401 West Main (Cross). In the early 1900s the Finnegan family took over the hotel. The 1909 Madison Daily Herald states the New Broadway Hotel is newly renovated, refitted and refurnished. Mike and Dan Finnegan owned the business until about 1939 when John Niehouse took over the property. In 1946 Delbert Taflinger became the owner. He and the Taflinger family ran the hotel until 1978 when the Hosclaw family became the owners. They owned it for only a short time when the Maurice Hublar family bought it. Libby Mann now owns the old hotel and she states there still exists a knife and fork inscribed on the back with the words "Broadway Hotel" and dated 1835. The building boasts many antiques original to the place because each time it was sold the furnishings went with the property. Over the years there were wings built on to the building for more space, though we were unable to ascertain the exact date of the additions, and visitors today will find a lovely outside dining area on the north side of the building complete with awnings and a pretty fountain. (There is a Lemen photo on this site.) The 1911 Sanborn Map labels the building “The New Broadway Hotel”. There seems to be some confusion as to the date for this establishment. See 401 West Main Street.
318 Broadway Attached to 327 West Main. NRHP says “White House” ca. 1855.
319 Broadway Madison Courier-7/28/1925
409 Broadway Trinity M. E. Church-Gothic Revival-Cornerstone laid September 9, 1872. Addition in 1990s. (Full description in Nat’l Register of Historic Places) See library file under Madison Churches.
410 Broadway MC, 14 Oct 1871Constructed 1871 by Mayor James White. Article Tri Kappa-Oct. 1990 Also 11/11/95, also, Lemen Collection. (Found on library website) Madison Courier, 14 )ct 1871-Mr. James White will erect home on East side of Broadway.
411 Broadway Built ca. 1870 in Italianate design. Sits on the alley.
414 Broadway Built in 1956 by Dr. Wallace Childs, architect, A. B. McCullough of Louisville. Built of used brick on site of a former carpenter’s shop and possible carriage house of James White (from daughter of W. Childs).
419 Broadway “Eggleston House” Edward Eggleston lived here between 1891 and 1902. John Paul said to have constructed the building before 1834. (Full description in Nat’l Register of Historic Places) MC, 19 July 1851-Judge M. C. Eggleston’s remains brought to Madison. Funeral from residence of Mrs. Stevenson, corner of Broadway and Third. Note: Mrs. (Benjamin C.) Stevenson is daughter of John Paul.
420 Broadway See Historical Files (Madison Homes)-sold in 2004 at auction. Daily Evening Courier- Sisters of Providence will build school on SE corner of Broadway and Third http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/madison/West_Third_Street.html The building nearby at the southeast corner of Third and Broadway Streets has an interesting story to tell. Seemingly residential in form, it is known as St. Anne’s Academy and is one of the oldest frame buildings remaining in Madison, with part of the building perhaps dating back as far as the 1830s or earlier. It may be the site of Madison’s first Catholic mass, which took place in 1827. What is known is that it operated as a school for the majority of the 19th century, first as the Madison Academy and later as Saint Anne’s Academy, run by the Sisters of Providence. The current owners intend to restore the building, which has several additions and alterations. July 30, 1887-Madison Courier THE CHURCH OF ROME IN MADISON A Hitherto Unwritten Chapter of Local History From the Indianapolis New Record ( Roman Catholic) The original town of Madison was laid out by John Paul, Jonathan Lyon and Lewis Davis in 1811 and the plat recorded June 1, 1812. Several families had located in the valley which Madison covers a few years prior to the laying out of the town, but they were principally squatters with no legal rights to the lands upon which they erected their cabins. In July 1815 Messrs. Paul, Davis and Jacob Burnet laid out an addition to Madison. Mr. Burnet was a prominent lawyer of Cincinnati, who was subsequently a convert to the Catholic faith and will perhaps be best remembered by your readers as the author of several Catholic books. In the spring of 1817 Mr. Burnet had the material for a frame building got out near Cincinnati and shipping it down the Ohio river to Madison had it erected on lot 51 on the southeast corner of Third and Broadway streets. He offered this building, together with the whole block in which it is located, to the commissioners of Jefferson county on condition that they would remove the site of the court house and jail to said block. The Commissioners, however, did not accept the generous offer and the building was subsequently utilized for an Academy. It is one of the oldest buildings in Madison and is now occupied as a residence and academy by the Sisters of Providence. In the summer or fall of 1817, soon after the building was erected and its occupancy for a school, a Catholic priest visited Madison on a missionary tour, and fixing up a rude temporary altar in the building, celebrated thereon for the first time in the village the Divine mysteries of the Holy Mass. I am unable to give the name of this pioneer missionary, and it will probably never be known till the great day of judgment. Mr. James Lewis, one of the pioneer Methodists of Madison says: “I was present with my father at this service, which commenced about 9 o’clock on Sunday morning and lasted more than three hours. He was a very eloquent preacher and spoke with foreign accent. I think he was a Frenchman. There were four or five Catholic families present and a large number of non-Catholics. The most of the latter went out for curiosity to see a Catholic priest and hear what he had to say. William Shannon and family are the only Catholics whose names I can now remember. Some of the other Catholics had been married by a magistrate several years before, and the priest remarried them according the rites of the church. He also baptized several children who had not previously received the rite. I well remember that we outsiders were very much surprised and pleased with the service and preaching which my father said was good enough Methodist doctrine for him, and as it was our first glimpse of a Catholic priest, our curiosity was also satisfied. ROUNDABOUT-OCTOBER 2006 The building, located at 420 Broadway, was a finishing school for girls where Catholic nuns from Sisters of Providence, based in Terre Haute, Ind., taught French and piano from 1814-1817. The home sat vacant for a decade, and the Campbells bought it at an August 2004 auction of the Cochran estate. When they finish restoring that house, they plan to turn it into a bed and breakfast.
501 Broadway ca. 1850 Federal style. Ca. 1840. Hammond family has lived in it since 1948. Extensive remodeling in the 1950s.
502 Broadway Site of Walter Greiner Home- Original home torn down in the late 1920’s to build new home. Tour of Homes1993 (Cour. 11/3/93) Built for the Greiner family 1932-B&B 1993-Georgian Revival-Article April 14, 1930, Madison Courier. Once home of Dr. Zink. TK (1980)=(Leininger House) This impressive structure was built in 1932 in the Georgian Revival style. Large and elegant, the home once truly needed its butler’s pantry, maid’s room, linen room and packing room for their original purpose. Built on the site of another house (from which came two mantels and several doors) the home was designed around a large elm tree in the yard. The library of the home burned in 1978 and the room was redone. New oak flooring was placed and the plaster moulding around the ceiling was hand done by a local craftsman. The five working fireplaces have an unusual gas ignition system. It is interesting to note that before the home was converted to gas heat, it had a heating bill second only in the county to the school system. Mr and Mrs. George Leininger purchased the home in 1978 and have added modern touches… (1980)
503-509 Broadway Federal row houses built in the 1830s. (Details in Nat’l Register of Historic Places, library files, Madison Homes)
505 Broadway ca. 1840 (NRHP)
507 Broadway ca. 1835 (NRHP)
508 Broadway ca. 1850, Federal style (NRHP)
509 Broadway Federal style, ca. 1835
511 Broadway Federal style ca. 1849 “The Alfred Dunning House” (Complete description in Nat’l Register of Historic Places) In Beloved Madison by Snodgrass.
512 Broadway Daily Courier-July 21, 1883-New home of C. (Cornelius) Vail on SE Corner Broadway and Presbyterian. Sanborn maps-first appears 1886 map. Madison Courier, 25 Apr 1893-Vail lived there until his death in 1893. Madison Courier, 28 Apr 1893-Vail leaves home on SE corner of Broadway and Presbyterian to his wife, Mary. City Directories-Hendrick Canida lived in the home for over 50 years (from the 1960s to 2010). The home was refurbished in 2013.
601 Broadway Druscilla Home “Old Ladies Home” – Madison Courier – 5-15-1982 Built in several phases beginning in ca. 1836. Was home for elderly women from 1884 until 1969. The columns of the home are from the original Madison Hotel built by Costigan (MC, May 1982) Purchased for a Medical building in 1980, it underwent major renovation. Main door originally faced south, as did first addition during the Civil War (1982 Tour of Homes, library files) Madison Courier, 8 Apr 1872- William Wells’ residence on NW corner Broadway and Presbyterian Avenue contains 10 rooms, pantries and cellar; two cisterns, stables, carriage house and wood house. Price $5000.
609 Broadway Federal style ca. 1840 (Complete description in Nat’l Register of Historic Places)
615 Broadway Second Baptist Church-Madison Courier 26/Aug/1878 “Work has begun on Bryant Chapel this morning….” and the official opening on 23/Nov/1878. Lemen Coll. Scrapbook 2, pg 17. City directories.
617 Broadway Classical Revival ca 1906 (NRHP)
619 Broadway ca. 1900 (NRHP)-Not on the 1904 Sanborn Map but is on the 1911 Sanborn Map.
621 Broadway Shotgun house ca. 1880 (NRHP)
623 Broadway Shotgun house ca. 1880 (NRHP)
625 Broadway ca. 1840 (NRHP)
627 Broadway Black school-Madison Courier, 27/Dec/1880, Lot purchased; 7/Feb/1880, contract let; 6/Sept/1880 school finished. Madison Courier, 4/30/2012 history; www.mjcpl.org Lemen Collection History and picture; there was a home on this site owned by Patrick and Bridget Burk (MC 8Mar1883) Lemen Coll. Scrapbook 2, pg 28. Daily Courier, 20 Feb1880- New colored school contract awarded to James Blassingham; List of bids given. April 30, 2012: http://madisoncourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=961&ArticleID=69340 Broadway was the first commissioned high school for blacks in Indiana, and the designation meant it was accredited; its graduates could go on to colleges or universities. It was the only high school for blacks in Jefferson County. At one time, Broadway School had all 12 grades. The first four grades were on the first floor in one classroom. The fifth through eighth grades were upstairs on one side of the hall, also in one room. The high school was across the hall in one room. The school, sometimes called Broadway Colored School, opened in 1898 and closed 59 years later. Desegregation closed Broadway School and arson destroyed it. A state law in 1949 abolished racial segregation in public schools in Indiana. Madison began desegregation with high school seniors, then the rest of the school. The first eight grades stayed at Broadway until 1957. A decade later, the school building burned down, and the then-fire chief said it was arson. A marker notes the location,. The A.S. Gaines Park is now on the site. Much more information in article.
631 Broadway Shotgun house ca. 1870
633 Broadway Madison Courier, 24 Jan 2012; shotgun house ca. 1870 (NRHP) Owner Julie Brown was honored Monday as a Preservation Hero at the Historic Board meeting. Her brick house at 633 Broadway was most likely built between 1852 and 1870, city preservation planner Camille Fife said. The house had several owners before she bought it from Luella M. Lott, the niece of the late Charles O'Banion, whose family had owned it since 1947. The 1890-91 directory states family named Cooney lives in the home. See Sanborn maps, and city directories.