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“THE BEND” AT WEST STREET
The original plat of Downtown Madison
was laid out from East to West streets
with plans to extend Main Street
straight. This would take Main Street
YEARS OF HISTORY down to the river, so when on the street,
you could see the point at the Kentucky
FACTS AND FIRSTS Shore (across the river from where we
now have IKE’s Power Plant). Later,
John Paul altered the design to create
COUNTY, INDIANA. “the bend” at West Street so Main Street
would now run parallel to the river.

OLDEST FIRE
STATION INDIANA’S FIRST RAILROAD
HANOVER’S FIRST Madison is home to The Madison & Indianapolis Railroad,
BUILDING Indiana’s oldest, if
Indiana’s first railroad, was construct-
The first building not the nation’s oldest ed in this area between 1836 and 1847.
in Hanover was operating fire station.
Williamson Dunn’s The Washington Fire
residence, built in 1809. Company No.2, located
The house still stands today on West Third Street,
and is on First Street. was built in 1850. With
the Company being
organized in 1846.

RIVER SHALLOW AND NARROW
4 COURT HOUSES Before locks and dams were built on
Jefferson County’s first court the Ohio River in this region, the river
house was a small log structure was shallow and narrow at Madison.
built in 1811. In 1823, the structure During the time when slavery
was replaced by a larger brick was a tense issue, the Ohio River
building. In 1853, a fire destroyed experienced seasonal lows. With river
the court house and was replaced depths being less than 4 feet at some
by a building similar to today’s times in the 19th century, this allowed
court house design. In 2009, a for slaves to cross into “Free” Indiana.
fire damaged the building which
1811 1824
1811 1824 1827 1837 1841 was then repaired to resemble it’s
1827
1837
1841
predecessor.
1848
1848
1861-1865 1878
1861-1865
1878
1884
19011910
Je erson Hanover 1884 1901 1910 1920
Je erson
Hanover
County College Madison 1920
County
Madison
College
1929
1941
established founded Railroad Eleutherian 1929 1941 1958 1971
established
Eleutherian
1971
Railroad
founded
1973 1988
Madison
Madison
Broadway
College
history begins College Broadway State Hospital 1958 1973 1988 2000 2001 2009
2000 2001
history begins
Fountain
Fountain
State Hospital
2020
2017
Fair Play No. 1 founded J.F.D. Lanier
City of City of Fair Play No. 1 founded J.F.D. Lanier originally presented opened 2009 2014 2017 2020
2014
opened Clifty Falls
nances Indiana’s
Madison Firestation nances Indiana’s originally presented Clifty Falls
Firestation
Madison
State Park
State Park
Lanier Home
Lanier Home
Chautauqua Art
National
Civil War e ort
incorporated opened Civil War e ort Schroeder Chautauqua Art established State Historic Site Some Some National
opened
incorporated
Schroeder
established
Festival started
State Historic Site
Festival started
Came Running
Came Running
Register of
Je erson
Saddle Tree Factory
Saddle Tree Factory Je erson lms in Madison Register of Visitor’s Bureau
Visitor’s Bureau
Historic Places
Proving Ground
Stellar Community
Madison
opened Proving Ground lms in Madison Historic Places established Big Oaks National Madison Stellar Community
opened
established
Big Oaks National
designated
ammunitions designated Wildlife Refuge celebrates achieved
ammunitions
achieved
celebrates
Wildlife Refuge
testing testing Miss Madison designated Bicentennial
Bicentennial
Miss Madison
designated
Chamber leads
hydroplane wins National Historic Milton-Madison Chamber leads
hydroplane wins
National Historic Milton-Madison
business pandemic
Gold Cup Landmark District Bridge Bridge business pandemic
Landmark District
Gold Cup
response
created in 2001 slides into place
created in 2001 slides into place response
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