James Franklin Doughty Lanier was an entrepreneur who lived in Madison, Indiana, prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Lanier became a wealthy banker with interests in pork packing, the railroads, and real estate.
James Lanier
Lanier Mansion in Madison
Madison is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States, along the Ohio River. As of the 2010 United States Census its population was 11,967. Over 55,000 people live within 15 miles (24 km) of downtown Madison. Madison is the largest city along the Ohio River between Louisville and Cincinnati. Madison is one of the core cities of the Louisville-Elizabethtown-Madison metroplex, an area with a population of approximately 1.5 million. In 2006, the majority of Madison's downtown area was designated a National Historic Landmark—133 blocks of the downtown area is known as the Madison Historic Landmark District.
Jefferson County Courthouse in Madison
Historic buildings line Main Street in Madison
The Jefferson County Courthouse dome engulfed in flames.
Miss Madison is an H1 Unlimited hydroplane and the only community-owned unlimited hydroplane in the world.