Westside Industry & Businesses Walking Tour Preview

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House at 123 Mill St.

123 Mill St. The original stone middle portion served as a stable for a hotel near the river here. The front part, added later, contained a wagon factory. The building now houses the Lanthier Winery with a large ornate garden surrounding it.

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Site of Snider Catsup Plant

South of 601 W. First St. Catsup was bottled here.

3

Site of J.F.D. Lanier's Slaughterhouse

It was also the Madison freight and passenger stations. The concrete foundations remain. Located just south of Visit Madison’s Visitor Center.

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Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad, Madison Station

615 W First St c. 1895 The octagonal depot and ticket station remain to be seen today. Now occupied by the Jefferson Co. Historical Society. Open to the public, admission charged.

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Stripling Residence & Patented Iron Fence

618 W. Second St. This was the home of the Stribling family. The iron fence at this house is a patented design by Stribling that can be found at other homes in Madison.

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John Eckert House

510 W. Second St. c. 1872 John Eckert was a tinsmith. The entire front of this house is pressed from galvanized sheet iron. The design is very unique for Madison and cannot be found anywhere else in town.

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Site of McKim-Cochran Furniture Company

The factory was located in the north lawn of the Lanier Mansion, but it was demolished in the 1930s. The area was turned into a garden and walkway.

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Livery Stable & Tobacco Prizing House

313 Broadway St. c. 1890-1891 The lower building was built by W. Trow for a cooperage to make barrels for his flour mills. Horses and carriages were originally kept here to be hired out.

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Crystal Beach Aquatic Park

400 W. Vaughn Dr. This was first the site of Trow’s Flour Mills, whose warehouse stood across the street on what is now the Lanier lawn. The mill was destroyed in the 1937 flood. The original pool was built a year later by the Works Project Administration during the Great Depression. After it was first built, the pool originally had sand around the banks, which is where it got the name from. Special patented filters were created to treat the sandy pool. The sand was later removed due to the upkeep. A full renovation from 2021 to 2024 brings new life to the pool and inclusive opportunities for everyone.

10

Brown Gym

100 Broadway St. c. 1924 The Brown Memorial Gymnasium was built by James Graham Brown, a wealthy timber industry, in memory of his brother. The flood of 1937 rose all the way to the gym. A flood marker on the riverside wall of the gym, the corner closest to the sidewalk, shows just how high the water reached. The gym was remodeled in 1939 to repair the flood damage. In 1950, the Madison Cubs became the Indiana High School Boys Basketball State Champions. The former high school to the north of the gym was built after the gym. It was turned into senior living apartments.