Lanier Mansion

	Lanier Mansion
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
Location	511 W. First St., Madison, Indiana
Architect	Costigan, Francis
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	94001191
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1994
Designated NHL	April 19, 1994

The Lanier Mansion is the 1844 Greek Revival home of James F. D. Lanier, located at 601 West First Street in the Madison Historic District of Madison, Indiana. The home was designed by architect Francis Costigan of Madison.^[3]

The mansion was built in strict accordance with the Greek Revival style of architecture. Testimony to this is that the right door on a pair of doors opens only into a wall; the right door was necessary so that the left door would have a match.^[4]

Lanier only lived at the property for seven years, afterward he moved to New York. In 1861 his son Alexander moved into the home, and lived there until 1895. It would remain with the family until 1917 when James' youngest son Charles gave it as the Lanier Memorial Museum to Jefferson County Historical Society. In 1925 the society, with the family's blessing, gave control of it to the state, which promptly opened it publicly as a historic house museum.

Gallery

East view of Mansion
North view of Mansion
Closeup of the Mansion's entrance
The garden of the Mansion
Antique cellarette "sarcophagus" style

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Lanier Mansion". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ Pitts, Carolyn (April 5, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: The Lanier Mansion" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos
^ Conn, Earl L. (2006). My Indiana:101 Places to See. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 166.

External links

Official website
Lanier Mansion VisitMadison.org website

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] "Lanier Mansion". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 2009-06-05.

[nrhpinv3-3] Pitts, Carolyn (April 5, 1993). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: The Lanier Mansion" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying photos

[4] Conn, Earl L. (2006). My Indiana:101 Places to See. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press. p. 166.

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