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Monday 9am - 4:30pm Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm Thursday 9am - 4:30pm Friday 9am - 4:30pm

Historic Madison, Inc., 301 W Second Street, Madison, IN (2026)

Dedicated to the education, promotion and assistance in preservation and restoration of historic resources which protect our heritage and enhance the quality of life in Madison. HMI is supported by admissions income, membership contributions, bequests, grants, and Endowment Trust Fund and gift shop.

09/03/2026

It’s time for an old-fashioned today! We are going all the way back to 1971 for a glimpse of St. Michael the Archangel and the St. Michael Rectory. This photograph is from the Historic American Buildings Survey from 1971 that resides in the Library of Congress collections. We recommend giving it a look someday; there are dozens of Madison buildings!

If you haven’t been in St. Michael’s in a while, we can’t recommend it enough! Interior work is continuing so that it looks like circa 1870 inside; talk about a real throwback! We have two more public tours this year, September 12 and October 10 at 10:00 AM. If you can’t contain your curiosity and aren’t available on those days, remember you can schedule a tour in advance! It’s the same cost as a public tour, but on your schedule. We need 72 hours' notice to make sure we can meet your needs with staff and schedule, but it’s almost as simple as one phone call!

We hope you can step inside this great site soon to learn more of its history!

09/02/2026

The Historic Madison, Inc. office and all of its sites will be closed starting Saturday, September 5, through Monday, September 7. Public tours will resume on Thursday, September 10. Our September tour schedule and all events can be found on our website.

09/01/2026

Featured here today is a letter written by Ann Windle from the Windle Collection. Ann was an active member of the Tri Kappa - Madison Sorority for decades, where she held many roles, including serving on the committee for the planning of the “Madison Antiques Show” in 1979. She provided quite the description of Madison and its great provenance for antiques as a way to try to attract antique dealers to town for the show that served as a fundraiser for the organization.

Conveniently enough, HMI is preparing for our own auction, featuring some items from the Windle Collection, and we thought her words were just too great not to use! Our auction is on September 19 at 10 AM. You can find more information on our website, link in bio, or Facebook event page. We have some great antiques that need new homes! As an added bonus, your help gets us one step closer to reaching our fundraising goal for the Sullivan House.

Beyond the auction, this is the 75th Anniversary of the Tri Kappa Tour of Homes in Historic Madison, IN, which Ann was part of founding back in 1950. In her honor, we will be showcasing some artifacts from past tours and from Ann’s life at the Shrewsbury-Windle House as part of the tour. Tickets are on sale now! We hope to see you in Madison on October 2-4!

08/26/2026

Another American Cruise Line boat visits this Friday, August 28! We are prepared to welcome the guests to two of our sites, but we want to welcome the public too! Our tour schedule will be slightly different for Friday, but we hope you come to see us. Dr. Hutchings' Office will still have its 11:30 tour, but things change a bit in the afternoon. The Shrewsbury-Windle House and Schroeder Saddletree Factory will be open for tours from 1:30-4:30. If you take a tour, you will have 3 guides instead of 1 and can explore and enjoy the site as long as you like. Tour fees remain at the normal price of $15 a person, but students and HMI members are free!

08/25/2026

Today we remember John “Woody” Woodburn Shrewsbury on the anniversary of his death in 1866. Woody, as he was known to his family and friends, was only 25 when he passed away from tuberculosis. He was the oldest child of Charles and Ellen Shrewsbury and grew up in the Shrewsbury-Windle House. He lived quite the life for those 25 years.

He attended the Kentucky Military Institute as a teenager. He then returned home and attended Hanover College until he left for a stint as a cadet in the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but he didn’t graduate. He returned to Hanover College and completed his degree in June 1861 as the Civil War was breaking out.

Once he was done with schooling, he enlisted in the Confederate Army across the river in Kentucky. He was one of many with Madison roots to serve or aid the Confederates. Madison was a border community with neighbors on both sides throughout town and the county. Woody served as part of Company H of the Fourth Regiment of the Kentucky Mounted Infantry. He was a quartermaster when he wasn’t ill with likely repeated bouts of tuberculosis. The photo with a frame is of Woody in his Confederate Uniform. He served through the war and returned home shortly after fighting ended. He lived in Madison until his death in 1866. He is buried at Springdale Cemetery with the rest of the Shrewsbury Family.

Even in the past, people were often quite complex and complicated, just like us today. Woody was no exception. His 25 years were full of ups and downs.

If you’d like to learn more about Woody and his family, we recommend coming for a Shrewsbury-Windle House tour soon!

Address

301 W Second Street
Madison, IN
47250

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 4:30pm
Thursday	9am - 4:30pm
Friday	9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

(812) 265-2967

Website

https://linktr.ee/HistoricMadisonInc, http://www.historicmadisoninc.com/

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