Madison Historic District (Boundary Increase)

Madison, in the Piedmont region of Georgia about 63 miles east of Atlanta, is a small city whose historic core remains largely intact. A brick commercial center of late 19th century Italianate buildings surrounds the town square, where a 1905 Beaux Arts courthouse, a c. 1895 Romanesque jail and a 1931 post office stand. Antebellum houses, mostly Greek Revival, line Main and Academy Streets and Old Post Road, while a Victorian neighborhood lies east of the square. The Canaan area, northwest of the center, is a historic black neighborhood and includes St. Paul AME Church. Railroad depots, warehouses and a cotton oil and fertilizer complex record the town's commercial and industrial growth. The 1895 Romanesque Revival graded school, now a cultural center, reflects investment in education. The district was enlarged and re-documented in 1989, replacing a 1974 listing, and counts 366 contributing and 96 noncontributing resources.