Description
The Madison County Historical Society's mission is to preserve, collect, promote, and exhibit the history of Madison County and its fifteen towns and one city through the development of programs that enhance the county's heritage for the people of Madison County and those studying the county's heritage. The Society's headquarters, Cottage Lawn, located in Oneida, is an 1849 Gothic Revival Villa designed by Alexander Jackson Davis. Cottage Lawn is preserved and operated as a historic museum.
History
The Madison County Historical Society was founded on March 29, 1900. It resides in the historic house museum, Cottage Lawn. The house was commissioned by owner Niles Higinbotham. He and his wife moved in the house in time for the birth of their first of three daughters in 1850. Louise, one of the daughters, left the house to the Society in her will when she passed away in the 1930s. The house includes various artifacts from the county's history and a research library.
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