World-famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright called Madison his hom

The Madison Heritage Series

In 1879, the family of young Frank Lloyd Wright bought a house at 802 East Gorham Street, a house that was later demolished.

Wright's years in Madison were formative. As a teenager, he witnessed the tragic collapse of ...

Madison Grant Forest and Elk Refuge

Dedicated to the Memory of Madison Grant

Conservationist, author, anthropologist, a founder of the Save-the-Redwoods League.

This area of 1600 acres, habitat of the last surviving herd in California of Roosevelt Elk is established as a memorial by

· De Forest Grant

· ...

Milwaukee and Madison Railway Depot

The Depot was built in 1881 and acquired by Chicago Northwestern Railway in 1882. The local limestone and cream-colored brick building is in the Victorian gothic style.

Commercial travelers, tourists visiting Springs Era resorts & spas, home seekers and business ...

Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison

Once located at this site on North Blount Street, the Ceramic Arts Studio of Madison operated from 1940 until its closing in 1956. Founded by Lawrence Rabbitt and Reuben Sand, the company was one of the largest manufacturers of figurines ...

City of Madison

Establish in 1856 as a shipping station on the Memphis and Charleston R.R., the town was platted on land owned by James Clemens and incorporated by vote of its citizens in 1869.

First officials included William R. Johnston, mayor, and ...

The Dolly Madison House

Site of dwelling house

owned by

Ex-President of the Unitied States

James Madison

1828 to 1836

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Home of his widow

Mrs. Dolly Payne Madison

1837 to 1849

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Home of

Rear Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.

and family

1851 to ...

Madison County Courthouse 1862

"A Ten Acre Lot Full"

In the early evening hours of August 30, 1862, the weary Union soldiers fighting a running battle from Kingston to Richmond were forced to stop. Confederate cavalry had blocked the roads leading out of Richmond - ...

Greene County / Madison County

Greene County. Formed from Orange County in 1838, this rural Piedmont county was named for Gen. Nathanael Greene, Revolutionary War military hero. The county seat of Greene County is Stanardsville. William Donoho and William B. Phillips, master builders who had ...

Madison County / Culpeper County

Madison County. In the hills of the Piedmont, against the Blue Ridge Mountains, Madison County was formed from Culpeper County in 1792. The county is named for James Madison, the “father of the American Constitution” and the fourth president of ...

Madison Avenue Centennial

1836 1936

This tree

from the Virginia estate

of

former President James Madison

presented to the City of New York

by the

Fifth Avenue Association, Inc.

to commemorate the first centennial

of the opening of Madison Avenue.

Marker can be reached from Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north. ...