Foundation to Consolidation-Monroe Co., GA
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Markerman62
N 33° 35.518 W 083° 28.265
17S E 270687 N 3719652
Located on South Main St near Foster St.
Waymark Code: WMR838
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2016
Views: 3
Empowered in 1894 to establish public schools, the City of Madison initiated construction of two graded schools, a contrast to one-room schoolhouses typical of rural areas. Nicholas Ittner of Atlanta built the brick graded school for white students – S. Main Street School, a Romanesque Revival design by Tinsley & Wilson of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Madison High School (1921, burned 1947) was added at the rear right facing Main followed by the Gymnasium (1938). With consolidation of city and county school systems in 1948, high school classes were relocated to the Madison A&M campus and, by 1957, the building was deemed surplus.
Abandonment and threatened demolition led the Morgan County Foundation, Inc., to organize and repurpose the building to serve as Regional Library Headquarters until 1975. With diligence and vision, the foundation restored the exterior as well as the magnificent auditorium and adapted the interior for a regional performing, visual, and decorative arts museum-opened in 1976 as the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center.
Type of Marker: Building
Sponsor: City of Madison Madison Bicentennial Commission 1809-2009
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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