Lanier Mansion

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lanier Mansion
nrhp_type = nhl

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location= Madison, Indiana
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architect= Costigan, Francis
architecture= Greek Revival
designated= April 19, 1994cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1305&ResourceType=Building
title=Lanier Mansion|accessdate=2008-07-24|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 19, 1994
governing_body = State
refnum=94001191 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

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. The Lanier Home is the jewel of Madison’s Historic District, the district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

It strict building in Greek Revival style includes the fact that a right door of a pair of doors opens only into a wall; the right door was necessary so that the left door would have a match. ["My Indiana:101 Places to See", by Earl L. Conn (Indiana Historical Society Press, 2006). pg.166]

Lanier only lived at the property for seven years, afterwards 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.

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References

* [http://visitmadison.org/museums.htm Lanier Mansion] VisitMadison.org website
* [http://www.in.gov/ism/StateHistoricSites/LanierMansion/lm_histsig.aspx Official website's history page]