East Jefferson Street, 115-139 block

115 E. Jefferson St. - City Hall & Engine House
Designed & built for the City of Madison, 1887

   1887 - City Hall & Engine House
   1939 - State Patrol Post
   1941 - Red Cross Sewing Room
   1941 - City Food Market
   1943 - Carmichael & Manley Real Estate
   1945 - Hollis & Carmichael Real Estate
   1946 - Walter R. Thomas Jewelry
   1954 - Source of Light Mission
   1959 - Bridges Home & Auto Supply
   1959 - Georgia Farm Bureau
   1965 - Madison Finance Company
   1988 - Norrell Temporary Services
   1990 - Chamber of Commerce/Welcome Center
   2016 - Convention & Visitors Bureau/Welcome Center

welcome center with antique car

Related History Blogs: "An Ornament to the Town - the 1887 City Hall & Engine House" (covers 1887-1939)

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City Hall c.1920c. 1912
City Hall c.1920c. 1920
Source of Light Mission c.1955c. 1955

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121 E. Jefferson St. - Markham Building
Constructed for C.B. Markham, c. 1897; design and brickwork by C.B. Markham

Left Side
   1897 - C.B. Markham Bicycles
c.1910 - C.B. Markham office
   1924 - Lanier Barber Shop
   1954 - Johnson's Barber Shop
               1962 Walters Watch Repair (in Johnson's)
   1969 - The Green Door
   1982 - Freeman Mitchell, Attorney
   1989 - Lynn P. Brown, Attorney
   1991 - Edward D. Jones, Investments
   1995 - Madison Realty (both sides)

Right Side
   1897 - W.T. (Wylie) Adams, Barber
   1899 - J.F. Harner, Barber
   1900 - W.T. Brannon, Barber
   1900 - Paul Eggleston, Barber
   1901 - Williford & Middlebrooks, Attorneys at Law
   1907 - Williford & Lambert, Attorneys at Law
   1921 - Williford & Duke, Attorneys at Law
   1944 - Madison Supply Co. grocery store
   1947 - Madison Recreation Center
   1947 - R.N. Edwards Radio Shop
   1950 - Armor Gas Corporation (with R.N. Edwards)
   1951 - Christie Radio & TV Shop
   1952 - Walter R. Thomas Jewelry Company
   1963 - Marguerite's Beauty Shoppe
   1971 - Dr. Francisco Pagsisihan
   1976 - Dr. James P. Bannister
   1981 - Dr. Samuel Garcia
   1995 - Madison Realty (both sides) 

121 E Jefferson Street

Related History Blogs: "The Nicest Bicycle Shop in Georgia" (covers left side 1897-1924)

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121 E. Jefferson Street 19691969







127 E. Jefferson St. - First National Bank Building
Constructed for First National Bank of Madison, 1904

Left Side
   1904 - First National Bank of Madison
   1963 - Federal Land Bank
   1970 - Dr. Fred Bell
   1971 - Piedmont Security Insurance Agency
   1976 - Jones Insurance Agency
   1979 - Jones-Ewing Insurance Agency
   1982 - Jones, Ewing, and Dobbs Insurance Agency
   1995 - Jones, Ewing, Dobbs, and Tamplin




121 E Jefferson Street

Related History Blogs: "You Can Take That To The Bank" (covers 1904-1933)

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127 E. Jefferson Street 1920 1920
127 E. Jefferson Street c.1990c. 1990





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(courtesy of Morgan County Archives)
1906 First Nation Bank check1904 check1962 First Nation Bank check1962 check


131 E. Jefferson St. - Bearden Building
Constructed for J.W. Bearden, 1905; brickwork by T.N. Lanier

Left Side
c.1909 - Postal Telegraph Company
   1924 - Madison Cleaning Company
   1928 - County Extension Agent
   1929 - Georgia Power (temp., 30 days)
   1929 - Edwina Davis Beauty Shoppe
   1936 - Betty Frances Beauty Shoppe
   1958 - Marguerite's Beauty Shoppe
   1963 - Eugene Baldwin, Attorney
   1969 - The Madisonian (both sides)
   2002 - Madisonian Gallery (both sides)
   2007 - Mooney Consulting (both sides)
   2018 - Episcopal Church offices (both sides)

Right Side
   1905 - Dr. Trotter
   1923 - Madison Printery
   1924 - Postal Telegraph Company
   1943 - Western Union Telegraph Company
   1949 - W.S. Gardner Insurance
   1969 - The Madisonian (both sides)
       Gardner Insurance office in rear
       1970 Morgan Insurance Agency
2002 - Madisonian Gallery (both sides) 
   2007- Mooney Consulting (both sides)
   2018 - Episcopal Church offices (both sides) 

131 E Jefferson - 2022

Related History Blogs: "The Bearden Building" (covers 1905-1942)

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Bearden Building in 1920  1920131 E. Jefferson 1985


129 E. Jefferson St. - Madisonian Building
Constructed for The Madisonian (W.T. Bacon), c. 1903

Left Side
   1908 - M.N. Carpenter, Attorney at Law
   1918 - Miss Burney's Business School.
   1920 - O.K. McCutchen, cotton bury for J.D. Moss Co. Athens
   1925 - Singer Sewing Machine Co.
   1926 - Carl Schockley, Manufacturer/Shipper - lumber
   1929 - Pat Almand's Repair Shop
   1935 - Madison Business School
   1953 - L.D. Wallace, Insurance
   1968 - Dr. Mose Kinstein, Dentist (both sides)
   1982 - Drs. Patricia & Daniel Tolhurst, Dentists (both sides)
   1993 - Dr. Forest Pagett, Dentist
   2014 - Rick D's (both sides)
   2022 - Wing Nights @ Benny Paul's

Right Side
 c.1903 - The Madisonian
   1968 - Dr. Mose Kinstein, Dentist (both sides)
   1982 - Drs. Patricia & Daniel Tolhurst, Dentists (both sides)
   1993 - Dr. Forest Pagett, Dentist
   2014 - Rick D's (both sides)
   2022 - Wing Nights @ Benny Paul's

139 E Jefferson Street
Related History Blogs: "The Madisonian Building (no, not that one, the other one)" (covers 1903-1940)

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139 E. Jefferson 1920
 1920		139 E. Jefferson 19201920139 E Jefferson 19371937139 E. Jefferson c. 1950 c. 1950
139 E. Jefferson c. 1959c. 1959139 E. Jefferson 19641964