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...
Charles Kasper was in the grocery business beginning in 1910. He was situated on Second and Walnut for several years before he moved into the location at 507 East Main Street in 1930. This had been the site of a grocery store since 1878 but most...
Located at 214 Jefferson St., this dwelling served as a boarding house run by Delia Miles in the 1940s. However, the house was demolished around 1960 when the city leveled the block to make way for a parking lot on Jefferson Street from Second...
Transportation; Business Enterprises; Advertisements; Carbonated beverages; Trucks
The Clicquot, pronounced "klee-ko," Ginger Ale Company was born in Millis, Mass., in the 1880s. At one time it owned bottling companies all over the United States. It shipped its soda drinks all over the world. At first ginger ale was all that was...
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...
Walter Carl Mundt, Sr., was born in Berlin, Germany on June 16, 1862. He came to America in 1866 at the age of four with his parents, Charles and Bertha Krahn Mundt. The family located in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father passed away in 1881 and his...
This building is Grecian classic, designed and built by Edwin J. Peck in 1835 for the sum of $8,000. It was built for a Presbyterian congregation that was devoutly opposed to slavery and had broken with their origial congregation after...
This home was built in about 1872 by Aurelius H. Gibson. Mr. Gibson was in the timber and barrel stave business. He lived most of his life here with the exception of a few years spent in Arkansas where he built a second barrel stave business and...
Tthis home was built in about 1872 by Aurelius H. Gibson. Mr. Gibson was in the timber and barrel stave business. He lived most of his life here with the exception of a few years spent in Arkansas where he built a second barrel stave business and...
This building was sold to the Vail family in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church. The Vails used it as a funeral home from 1924 to 1928 when they sold it to the Lutheran congregation. Since 1961 it has been the home of Historic Madison, Inc.
The Christian Science Church and Reading Room has been located at several addresses over the years, according to the city directories. They were once, for several years, located in the Jewish Synagogue on East Second Street, probably not long...
The Christian Science Church and Reading Room has been located at several addresses over the years, according to the city directories. They were once, for several years, located in the Jewish Synagogue on East Second Street, probably not long...
The First Baptist Church of Madison, founded in 1807, has the oldest continuous history as a Baptist church in the state of Indiana. The congregation occupied two different sites on the hilltop before moving to its current location at 416 Vine...
The First Baptist Church of Madison, founded in 1807, has the oldest continuous history as a Baptist church in the state of Indiana. The congregation occupied two different sites on the hilltop before moving to its current location at 416 Vine...
Pork; Trucks; Railroads; Meat industry; Flour & meal industry
Trucks from the Pearl Packing Company line up to unload pork onto the waiting train. Madison was once a huge pork producing town, second only to Cincinnati. In the picture you can see the top of Trow's Flour Mill.
In September, 1937, the City Council agreed to buy the former Trow's Perfection Flour Mill building which had been damaged by the 1937 flood. The original plan, pushed by local businessmen, was to lease the building to a business concern from...
Construction was begun in 1879 and the intended use of the building was as a "school house for the colored pupils." In short order the patrons were unhappy with the location of the school. "The noise and bustle of business localities" seemed to...
The McKee Home was built in 1846 by John Woodburn on the corner of Broadway and First Street. It was regarded as one of the best homes in Madison. It was lavishly outfitted with the best furnishings from Louisville and New Orleans. After Mrs....
Steamboats; Riverboats; Stern wheelers; Greene Line; Madison-Milton Bridge; Ohio River
Built in 1925, this was the second "Chris Greene" of the Greene Line. One can see the Madison-Milton Bridge in the background on the left hand side; it was built in 1928. The first "Chris Greene" was lost in the great fire at Cincinnati in...
