Carter-Newton House

Carter-Newton House at 530 Academy Street, Madison, Georgia, is one of the grand homes of Madison built during its heyday, 1840–60, leading up to the Civil War. A classic four-over-four Greek Revival home, one of six of this type in Madison, it features a wide front porch supported by four large Ionic columns, eight 20' × 20' rooms plus three additional ones in back, 12½ foot ceilings downstairs, and nine fireplaces upstairs and down. The central structure seems largely unchanged from when it was constructed but in fact has undergone a number of alterations. Of special significance are the very impressive entrance hall, double parlors and the main and servants’ staircases. Pocket doors to the main parlors, added in 1906, still operate. The house sits on 1.04 acres , with six adjoining undeveloped acres to the rear; the view out the back vestibule is of a lovely rural scene.

The house was built at the peak of the cotton boom in Morgan County, on the foundation of one of several academies operating in Madison during the first half of the 19th century starting with the two-story brick Madison Male Academy which was down the street and established by charter of the Georgia Legislature on December 16, 1815 and supported in part by the state in the form of fines and forfeitures levied in criminal prosecutions.

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