Description: |
This building, originally a private home, was built ca. 1878, probably by William H. Bruning. Mr. Bruning retained ownership of the home until his death in 1930, although he hadn't lived in the house for some time. It is assumed the property was rented to other individuals until it was sold to Sidney E. Haigh in 1932. Mr. Haigh turned the home into a funeral home and a residence for his family. It served in this capacity until 1948 when Mr. Haigh died and at that time it was sold to the Madison Clinic. The clinic built doctors' offices on the southeast corner of the property and leased the house for a nursing home. The clinic decided it would tear down the old home and build a modern clinic for the town of Madison. It was an ornate, two story Victorian -style home and when it was being razed in 1965, the Madison Courier remarked that all of the woodwork was of carved walnut as were the stairway railings. The fireplace was of marble. The interior walls were two bricks thick and the exterior walls had an air space between the outside brick and the interior walls. The building contained 51 doors. Historic Madison purchased much of the window glass and the marble from the fireplace, among other things. The house was estimated to have cost $3,000 to $4,000 when it was originally built. |
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Origin: | 1927 |
Created By: |
Harry Lemen, photographer |
Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4038coll5/id/187 |
Collection: |
River to Rail and Lemen Collection |
Copyright: |
Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main Street Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744 |
Geography: |
Indiana-Jefferson County-Madison |
Subjects: |
Funeral Homes Dwellings-Indiana |
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