Madison Civic Commercial District
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The Madison Civic Commercial District is a 49 acres (19.8 ha) area of downtown Madison
, New Jersey
, United States. It includes 450 buildings and one structure in an area roughly bounded by Main Street (NJ 124), Kings Road, Green Avenue, Waverly Place, Lincoln Place and Prospect Street.
It had been the historic core of Madison starting in the late 19th century. In 1930 its most significant property, the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building that currently serves as Madison's borough hall, was donated by local landowner Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
in memory of her son Marcellus
, who had died at age 22. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1991.
Madison, New Jersey
Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States. It includes 450 buildings and one structure in an area roughly bounded by Main Street (NJ 124), Kings Road, Green Avenue, Waverly Place, Lincoln Place and Prospect Street.
It had been the historic core of Madison starting in the late 19th century. In 1930 its most significant property, the Hartley Dodge Memorial Building that currently serves as Madison's borough hall, was donated by local landowner Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge
Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge was the youngest child of Almira Geraldine Goodsell and William Avery Rockefeller, Jr., the Standard Oil tycoon. Giralda Farms was the name given to her New Jersey country estate, stables, and kennels. Her residence was a revival of Medieval Spanish Gothic...
in memory of her son Marcellus
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr.
Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. was the heir to the Remington-Rockefeller fortune who died in a car accident in France...
, who had died at age 22. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1991.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Morris County, New Jersey