Madison is recognized . . .
Awards and Designations.

• Madison’s entire downtown was placed in the National Register of Historic Places (1973).
   

• Shrewsbury-Windle House and J.F.D. Lanier State Historic Site were designated National Historic Landmark Properties by the National Park Service (1994).
   

• Highway 56 (Madison’s  Main Street) was designated a National Scenic Byway by the U.S. Department of Transportation.  (1999)

• Madison was one of the three Main Street Pilot Project Communities selected by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (1976).
   

• Madison was one of twelve Communities in the country selected as a Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (2001).
   

• Madison’s Main Street was named a Great American Public Place by the Urban Initiatives (1995).

• Received recognition from numerous architectural historians and preservationists across the country.