The building with its medieval turrets was built in 1911. Its castle-like appearance has changed little since its dedication on November 9 and 10, 1911. At this time, the building was named "New Castle Hall." Though the building was meant...
This two story brick Old Federal style mansion with Greek Revival cornices was built for Senator Jesse David Bright in 1837. Bright was a controversial politician who expressed pro-slavery sentiments in his political career. He served as Lt....
Business enterprises; Department stores; Groceries
Around 1863 John J. Craig went into partnership with Fred Dubach and opened a dry goods store at this location. The partnership lasted only about one year and John Craig then brought his brother Henry into the business. They formed the Craig and...
This firm was organized in 1890 by Henry B. Lotz and his brother Benjamin. They learned to make shoes by hand from their father, Bernhardt Lotz, who was a well known shoemaker. Henry passed away in 1931 and Ben continued the business until 1937...
Business enterprises; Transportation; Horse-drawn vehicles
According to Harry Lemen's commentary, this was the last horse drawn coal wagon in Madison. Notice the smaller wheels in the front of the wagon. This was for maneuvering into tight spaces. Many folks who had coal furnaces will remember the...
Thomas "Tommy" Thevenow is Madison's only native son to have played in Major League Baseball. He was born in Madison on September 6, 1903, the son of Thomas Thevenow and Lula Cheatham. Tommy started playing baseball as most youngster did on sand...
This building housed a drug store in 1886 but by 1903 Levi Danner owned a grocery store here. The store was called the "Red Front Grocery Store." He kept the grocery until the mid-1920s when John Sample took over the building for a feed, flour...
In the 1886 City Directory the building was a general store and by the 1890-91 directory J. J. Kasper had opened a grocery on the premises. William J. McBride also maintained a grocery in the building in the early 1900s. In 1910 Charles N....
Industries-Indiana; Nail industry; Tacks; Factories
An early view of the Tower Manufacturing Co. at 110-112 Depot St. The drawing was published in 1899 when the factory was only four years old. According to the May 18, 1899 issue of the Madison Daily Democrat "It turns out tons and tons of cat...
In the 1886 City Directory the building was a general store and by the 1890-91 directory J. J. Kasper had opened a grocery on the premises. William J. McBride also maintained a grocery in the building in the early 1900s. In 1910 Charles N....
Church buildings; Methodist church buildings; Main Street Methodist Church
This church was built between 1954 and 1957. It is the latest Methodist Church built in Madison. The lovely church, featuring a beautiful steeple and bell tower, is on the far west end of Main Street.
George Dickinson had a livery stable here as early as 1886. The site served as a livery under Pickney Craig, James Phillips, Will Moyers, and Robert Bingham until the early 1920s. Between 1923 and 1925 the Coleman-Larimore Motor Company located...
The Broadway School dominated its Broadway Street neighborhood until it was set on fire December 31, 1969. For a complete description of the school refer to the Broadway School entry in the collection.
Located on what was the Stivers Farm on Ryker's Ridge, we know little of this school. We do know that Harry Lemen taught school here in 1909 and that it was evidently torn down soon after this picture was taken. Can anyone help with information on...
From the Madison Courier, "It sat on a hill. Long since departed and unused is the old Eagle Hollow School, shown in a photo taken by the late Harry Lemen on October 16, 1927. The Eagle Hollow school was one of many such edifices in use before...
The home was built sometime before 1860 for the Captain Nathan Powell Family, a well known businessman in Madison. It was long known as one of the most beautiful homes in the city. The home originally was set back off the street and boasted...
Darby Davis and his wife, Mae are shown relaxing along the Ohio as the Island Queen floats by. Darby Davis was born in Carroll County, Kentucky in 1886. In his younger days he was a blacksmith and boat tender, and in later years worked in the...
