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Houses

The following document includes descriptions and historical information on buildings and homes in Madison, Indiana. 

Information on homes and businesses in Madison by street address taken from various sources. Transcribed by Janice Barnes. Updated by Camille Fife 1-5-2019.

• Information on Madison Homes by Street Number (PDF)

Land & Tax Records

Tax and land records for Jefferson County and Madison are valuable for tracing the chronology of a building and locating ancestral land. County tax records from 1827 – 1833 and city tax records from 1837 – 1858 are available by request in the Local History and Genealogy room at the Jefferson County Public Library.

• 1827 Jefferson County Tax Assessment

• Hogmarkings in Jefferson County, Indiana

• Tract Book Index 1808-1846 A-D

• Tract Book Index 1808-1846 E-K

• Tract Book Index 1808-1846 L-Q

• Tract Book Index 1808-1846 R-S

• Tract Book Index 1808-1846 T-Z

City Directories

A larger collection of Madison city directories is available in the Local History and Genealogy room at the Jefferson County Public Library. City directories are useful as a resource for determining household members, building chronologies, and occupations. Other years available are 1872-73, 1867, 1875, 1879, 1887-88, 1890-91, 1903, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1914, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1947, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, and 1964 – 2022.

• Classified Business Directory 1890-91

• Madison Business Directory 1851

• Madison City Directory 1890-91: A-F

• Madison City Directory 1890-91: G-N

• Madison City Directory 1890-91: O-S

• Madison City Directory 1890-91: T-Z

• North Madison Classified Business Directory 1890

• North Madison Directory 1890-91

• Telephone Companies in Madison

• William's Madison Business Mirror 1859-1860

• Williams' Madison City Directory 1859-1860 A-F

• Williams' Madison City Directory 1859-1860 G-N

• Williams' Madison City Directory 1859-1860 O-Z

• Williams' Madison Directory 1859-1860 City Information

Fires

Browse descriptions of significant fires throughout Madison's history, including the date and details of each event as reported in the Madison Courier newspaper archive.

• Notable Madison Fires

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps are detailed large-scale maps created from the 1860s through 1950s that show individual buildings, construction materials, street layouts, and fire protection features in American cities and towns.

These maps can help you:

• Determine what buildings existed at specific addresses across different time periods

• Track changes to structures and neighborhoods over decades

• Identify former business locations and building ages

• Connect people and businesses to specific places when used with city directories

Jefferson County Public Library has physical maps for Madison for the following years:

• 1886

• 1892

• 1897

• 1904

• 1911

• 1927 (with additions to 1943 and 1948).

High-resolution digital versions are available from the Library of Congress for all of the above years except 1927.

• Library of Congress Sanborn Maps for Jefferson County