The Madison Civic Commercial District is a area of downtown
Madison Madison may refer to:
People
* Madison (name), a given name and a surname
* James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States
* Madison (footballer), Brazilian footballer
Places in the United States
Populated places
* Madi ...
,
Morris County,
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
, 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
Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (April 3, 1882 – August 13, 1973) was the youngest child of William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and Almira Geraldine (Goodsell) Rockefeller. Giralda Farms was the name given to the New Jersey country estate wh ...
in memory of her son
Marcellus, who had died at age 22. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1991.
See also
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References
{{National Register of Historic Places
Geography of Morris County, New Jersey
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Madison, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places